Jeff Haney analyzes the shady subject of whether or not sunglasses should be allowed in major poker tournaments
Caesars Palace will give two players a chance to win a $20,000 seat in the field of 64 in the National Heads-Up Poker Championship March 1-4. A traditional-format poker tournament will be at 3 p.m. Feb. 10 in the Caesars tournament room to determine the winners.
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Poker lingo:
- MITES AND LICE - A hand consisting of two pair, threes over twos.
- FIXED LIMIT - A betting structure where the amount of each bet is a specific fixed quantity. Usually specified as A-B, where A is the amount to bet in the first few betting rounds and B (larger than A) is the amount bet in the later rounds. Related terms: FLAT LIMIT, NO LIMIT, POT LIMIT, SPREAD LIMIT.
- RERAISE - To raise after an opponent has raised.
- SCOOP - To take all of a pot that is normally split, either by winning both halves outright or winning one half when no players qualify for the other half.
- REBUY - [1] To purchase additional chips after an initial buy-in, usually after losing most or all of the previous buy-in. This term is most often used in certain tournaments where if one loses all one's chips, or falls below a certain minimum chip level, for an additional sum of money one can purchase a fixed amount of additional tournament chips. Usually there is a time limit (The "REBUY PERIOD") as to how long rebuys are allowed. [2] The additional chips "rebought" in tournament play.
- CAP - To cap the betting is to make the last permitted raise in a round.
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