Three Reasons Why Poker Women Should Head West
If you thought you heard the poker siren’s song, it was probably emanating from Caesars, Binions, and the Commerce, who all are giving women good reasons to travel to the west coast next month….
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Poker glossary:
- WALK - A pot won by the last blind when no one opens.
- FAVORITE - Before all the cards are dealt, a hand that figures to be the winner. Ant: UNDERDOG.
- FLOORMAN - The casino representative in charge of the card room or a section of a card room. Arbitrates disputes when unusual events happen.
- NUT / NUTS - The best possible hand of a given class. Not a LOCK unless all cards have been dealt. The "nut flush" is the highest possible flush, but might still lose to, e.g., a full house. Usually used in Hold'em games.
- SHORT-STACKED - Playing with a only a small amount of money, thus limiting one's risk and reward.
- TABLE STAKES - A standard rule whereby during a hand players can only bet the money they have on the table. If the bet to a player is more than the player's stack, that player may call with all his chips and be eligible to win only that portion of the pot he contributed to equally. A side pot is created, for which only the remaining players may compete.
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