Online Poker Giant PartyGaming Plc Enterprises Signs Multi-Year Sponsorship Agreement with WPT
WPT Enterprises, Inc. (NASDAQ:WPTE) today announced that it has signed a multi-year agreement with PartyGaming Plc, owner of PartyPoker.com, pursuant to which they will provide international television sponsorship of the WORLD POKER TOUR(R) (WPT) and Professional Poker Tour(TM) (PPT). The agreement covers shows produced under WPT Seasons IV, V, and VI and PPT Seasons I, II, and III.
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Poker dictionary:
- STEAM - Playing wildly, calling and raising a lot, because one is upset. Compare: ON TILT.
- 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.
- MISDEAL - A hand dealt incorrectly that must be re-dealt.
- BRODERICK CRAWFORD - In Hold'em, hole cards of 10-4. From the 1950s TV series "Highway Patrol", starring Broderick Crawford.
- AMERICAN AIRLINES - In Hold'em, a pair of Aces in the hole. Better known (at least in rec.gambling) as POCKET ROCKETS.
- FOLD - To decline to call a bet, thus dropping out of a hand.
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