Record Payouts Announced for WSOP
August 3 - As the 2006 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event continues towards its exciting finale, the remaining players are even more motivated to win as this year’s WSOP champion will take home a record-breaking $12 million first prize.
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Casino poker language:
- OPEN-HANDED - A category of games characterized by a part of each player's hand being exposed.
- SHOWDOWN - The point at the end of the hand where all active players reveal their cards and the pot is awarded to the winner(s).
- TO GO - The current betting level, as in "$20 to go" meaning every player must contribute $20 (total) or drop. A $10 raise would then make the pot "$30 to go".
- DOYLE BRUNSON - In Hold'em, 10-2 in the hole. So named because Doyle Brunson won two straight WSOPs (q.v.) in 1975 and 1976 with 10-2 on the last hand. (Suited (spades) in 1975, unsuited in 1976).
- FLOP - [1] In Hold'em, the first three community cards, dealt simultaneously. [2] To deal a flop, or to make a hand on a flop. "I flopped trips".
- BIG SLICK - In Texas Hold'em, hole cards of A-K, suited or not.
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