WPT Enterprise launches World Poker Tour Academy
LOS ANGELES, California — (PRESS RELEASE) — The company behind the poker television phenomenon, WPT Enterprises, Inc. (Nasdaq: WPTE), today unveiled the next breakthrough development in poker — World Poker Tour Academy(TM). A comprehensive web-based poker education center that uses authentic poker play, WPT Academy is designed to provide a compelling, interactive learning tool for both poker
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Poker lexicon:
- 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.
- FREEZE-OUT - A table-stakes game that continues until a small number of players (possibly only one) has all the money. The major event in The World Series of Poker is a freeze-out game.
- OPENER - The player who opens the betting, especially in draw poker. A hand may have no openers, in which case it is PASSED OUT, i.e., new hands are dealt.
- POT - The total amount of money bet so far in a hand.
- 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.
- 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.

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