WPT Championships Day 4: Hellmuth Slips, as The Lead Changes
Last Saturday the first of 639 players sat down at the Bellagio Casino in Las Vegas with one thing on their minds… to win the WPT Championship. Four days later, there are 54 players left to chase down that dream….
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Poker lingo:
- FLOP - [1] In Hold'em, the first three community cards, dealt simultaneously. [2] To deal a flop, or to make a hand on a flop. "I flopped trips".
- BICYCLE - The best possible low hand: A-2-3-4-5. More common term: WHEEL.
- POSSIBLE [STRAIGHT/FLUSH] - Up cards that quite possibly could lead to a straight and/or a flush.
- SHILL - A card room employee who plays with House money, and does not share in any of his (her) winnings or losses. Shills are used to facilitate starting games, and keeping them going. Compare: PROP.
- OUT - [1] A card that will improve your hand, often substantially. A hand with many OUTS is preferable to a hand with only 1 or 2. [2] Folded, ineligible to bet or win this hand. "I'm out" is often a synonym for "I fold".
- BET FOR VALUE - Betting a hand that, in the long run, is expected to win more than it loses. Antonym: BLUFF.
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