A legend is born! Paradise Poker’s Joe Pelton wins World Poker Tour Legends of Poker main event
Newport Beach, California resident, Joe Pelton was a long shot at last night’s World Poker Tour Legends of Poker main event final table. A relative unknown on the poker scene, Pelton was up against poker professionals Scotty Nguyen, Hoyt Corkins and Team Paradise Poker veteran Randy Holland.
Related Poker News:
- Pokers diamond in the rough?
- Who is the best poker player in Paradise?
- Pokers HORSE a serious game
- Paradise Poker’s Stand-Alone Run Comes to an End
- Paradise Poker Shutting Down
- Pot Limit Omaha: Pokers Newest Fad
- Naval Officer in Paradise After Poker Win
- Poker Legend: Johnny Moss
- Paradise Poker’s €1 Million Guaranteed Sub Satellite
- Paradise Poker Turns Another Freerolling Schmo Into An Instant Millionaire!
- Poker Legend: Amarillo Slim
- Great Dane Wins Paradise Poker Tourney
Poker lexicon:
- WORLD SERIES OF POKER - A series of several different poker games with relatively large buy-ins, culminating in a $10,000 buy-in no-limit Hold'em tournament, the winner of which is crowned the World Poker Champion. Sponsored by Binion's Horseshoe Club in Las Vegas.
- OPEN - Make the first bet in a hand, especially in draw poker.
- SUITED - Two or more cards all the same suit. Ant: OFF-SUIT.
- POT LIMIT - A game where the maximum bet is determined by the size of the pot at the time. Note that a player wanting to raise first calls the bet, then totals the pot to determine the maximum amount he can raise.
- WHITE BLACKBIRD - A hand so astonishingly rare as to be unworthy of the opponents' consideration, e.g., being dealt a pat royal flush in 5-card draw.
- DRAW - [1] A class of poker games characterized by players being dealt 5 cards face-down and later having the opportunity to replace some of the original 5. "Draw poker" and "Five-card draw" are examples of usage. [2] In stud and Hold'em games, the set of cards that will be dealt later can be collectively called "the draw". [3] To discard some number of cards and have dealt an equal number of replacements.
RSS feed
