NBC Diving Into Late-Night Poker Show
NBC is getting into the late-night poker show business with its new Monday-through-Saturday series “Poker After Dark,” a Las Vegas-based series that features six poker professionals vying for a winner-take-all $120,000 first place prize.
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Poker lingo:
- 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.
- SPREAD LIMIT - A variation on fixed limit wherein the minimum and maximum bets are different. A 1-4-8 game allows bets from 1 to 4 in the early rounds and 1-8 in the last round. A 1-4-8-16 game allows bets from 1 to 4 in the early rounds, 1 to 8 in the next-to-last round, and 1 to 16 in the last round.
- STEAM - Playing wildly, calling and raising a lot, because one is upset. Compare: ON TILT.
- LITTLE SLICK - In Hold'em, hole cards of A-2, suited or not.
- OMAHA - A variant of Hold'em where each player receives 4 hole cards and must use exactly two of them (together with 3 of 5 board cards) to make a hand. Often played high-low split with an 8 qualifier for low.
- RAISE - To wager more than the minimum required to call, forcing other players to put in more money as well.
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