Nine players at final table of World Series of Poker
LAS VEGAS - 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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Poker glossary:
- PAT HAND - In draw poker, a hand that does not need any more cards. Specifically, a straight, flush, full house or straight flush. One might bluff and represent a pat hand but actually hold something else.
- OFFSUIT - Not of the same suit. "I held A-Q offsuit" or "The flop was 10-6-2 offsuit". When speaking of 5 or more cards, not all/ of the same suit, i.e., no flush, as in "button had A-K-10-8-7 offsuit."
- ROLLED UP - In seven-card stud, being dealt three of a kind in the first three cards.
- LOOSE - Playing more hands than the norm. Antonym: TIGHT.
- FIFTH STREET - In stud poker, the fifth card to be dealt to each player. Sometimes used to refer to the last card dealt in Hold'em, although the more common term for this is RIVER (q.v.).
- BET FOR VALUE - Betting a hand that, in the long run, is expected to win more than it loses. Antonym: BLUFF.
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