Heads-up poker championship returns to Caesars Palace
For the third straight year, a field of 64 of the worlds elite poker players will descend upon Las Vegas from March 1-4 as the NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship brings a whos who from the poker world to the Caesars Palace Poker Tournament Room.
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Useful poker terms:
- BICYCLE - The best possible low hand: A-2-3-4-5. More common term: WHEEL.
- FAVORITE - Before all the cards are dealt, a hand that figures to be the winner. Ant: UNDERDOG.
- POSITION - One's location in the betting sequence, relative to the players still in the hand. First position is first to act.
- QUALIFIER - A minimum standard that a hand must meet in order to win. Usually applied to the lowball side of a high-low split pot.
- 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".
- PROP - Also PROPOSITION PLAYER. An employee of the gaming establishment whose primary purpose is to keep enough players at a table to prevent breaking up the game for lack of players. Unlike SHILLs "props" make a small hourly wage but play with their own money, winning or losing based on their skill.
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