WPT Canadian Open hosted at Fallsview Casino in Niagara Falls
The spectacular Niagara Falls will be the backdrop for a new top ranked poker championship next month. World Poker Tour has confirmed that its inaugural WPT Canadian Open championships will be hosted at the Fallsview Casino Resort in Niagara Falls on October 22-24, just days before the WPT North American Poker Championship begins at the same location October 25.
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Poker terminology:
- DEAD MONEY - Money contributed to the pot by players who have folded.
- RAKE - Money taken from each pot and given to the house in return for hosting the game. Usually a percentage of the pot (5%-10%) up to some maximum amount.
- STUCK - Down a nontrivial amount of money, as in "he's stuck $800".
- 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.
- TOP TWO PAIR - In flop games, having hole cards that make the highest possible two pair hand.
- TOKE - Gambling term for "tip", as in "Toke the cocktail waitress". Comes from the term "Token of appreciation".

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