2006 WSOP Winner Can Collect Half of Winnings
September 8 - The winner of the 2006 WSOP Main Event, Jamie Gold, can now claim half of his $12 million winnings thanks to an agreement that Gold’s lawyers came to with the lawyers of Bruce Crispin Leyser, who is suing Gold for half of his winnings.
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Poker slang:
- FULL HOUSE - A hand consisting of 3-of-a-kind and a (different) pair.
- TRIP - Three of a specific kind, as in "Trip sixes".
- LATE BLIND - In addition to "regular" blinds, some games allow a player (particularly a new one) to post a blind bet in return for the right to enter the game immediately and act last on the first betting round. The amount of the blind is determined by house rules, usually somewhere between the last blind and double the last blind. It is frequently a LIVE BLIND.
- QUARTER - [1] Twenty-five dollars, often symbolized by a green casino chip. [2] To divide half a pot between two tying hands. In split pot games, a player who "ties" another player for their half of the pot is said to be "quartered". One might say "I didn't bet my A-2 because I figured I'd get quartered".
- FREEROLL - [1] A poker tournament that does not charge a buy-in fee; players must earn buy-in credits through previous play at the same establishment. [2] Having a lock on part of a pot (sure to win a greater fraction of the pot than one is betting) and playing to win more or all of it.
- TOURNAMENT - A highly structured game involving potentially dozens of tables where all participants pay an entry fee and obtain a fixed number of chips. Once a tournament has started, additional players may not enter. As the game progresses players bust out and are eliminated until only one winner remains.
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