Defending champ Hachem finished at Poker Series
Defending champion Joseph Hachem exited the World Series of Poker Saturday and finished in 238th place. At about 12:30 a.m. ET, Jamie Gold held the most chips with 1.8 million.
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Useful poker terms:
- WALK - A pot won by the last blind when no one opens.
- HOLE CARDS - In Stud and Hold'em, the face-down cards dealt to each player.
- HOYLE - Edmund Hoyle (1769-?) was the authoritative source for rules of card games. Hoyle is to card rules as Webster is to word definitions.
- DEAD MONEY - Money contributed to the pot by players who have folded.
- FIXED LIMIT - A betting structure where the amount of each bet is a specific fixed quantity. Usually specified as A-B, where A is the amount to bet in the first few betting rounds and B (larger than A) is the amount bet in the later rounds. Related terms: FLAT LIMIT, NO LIMIT, POT LIMIT, SPREAD LIMIT.
- DRAWING DEAD - A draw in which it is impossible to obtain a winning hand for any of a variety of reasons: an opponent's hand is better than whatever you are drawing to, the card(s) that make your hand are out of play, or (in Hold'em) give an opponent a stronger hand even if it makes yours. Frequently used in the past tense, since one rarely knows it at the time.
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