Nine players remain at World Series of Poker’s final table
Nine players four pros, a former talent agent, an insurance broker, an ad salesman, a recent college grad and a retired businessman were all that remained from a field of more than 8,700 hopefuls vying for poker’s biggest prize of $12 million early Wednesday.
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Useful poker terms:
- BET - To put money into the pot, pursuant to the rules of the game, thus maintaining a chance of winning the pot.
- KICKER - In hands containing pairs and trips, the highest card not matched. In draw games, sometimes a card kept for deception purposes.
- ANTE - A small bet all players are required to make before a hand is dealt. Not all games have an ante. Related terms: BLIND, FORCED BET.
- DEAD MAN'S HAND - Generically: two pair, aces and eights. Specifically: the black aces, black eights and nine of diamonds. The hand Wild Bill Hickok was holding when he was shot to death.
- WALK - A pot won by the last blind when no one opens.
- OVER - A term used in describing two pair or a full house. "Kings over tens" means two pair, kings and tens. "Jacks over", also "Jacks up" describes a hand that is two pair: Jacks with an unspecified lower pair. Also used to describe a full house, distinguishing the three of a kind from the pair. The hand J-J-J-A-A could be described as "Full house, Jacks over Aces".
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