Poker Room Review: The Rio

This is a good time of year to review the poker room at the Rio, just before its annual migration. In just a few weeks the Rio poker room will move again to the Amazon Room for the 2007 World Series of Poker…

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SHORT-STACKED - Playing with a only a small amount of money, thus limiting one's risk and reward.
BAD-BEAT JACKPOT - In some cardrooms, a prize that is shared by the players in a game, when a very good hand (usually Aces full, or better) is beaten by a higher hand. Jackpots are usually financed by taking a drop ($1 is a common amount) from every pot. A typical division of the jackpot will give the losing hand 50 %, the winning hand 25 %, and the other players at the table share the remaining 25 % of the Jackpot.
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".
LIVE ONE - The best kind of opponent, a poor player with a lot of money to lose and in a hurry to lose it.
BICYCLE - The best possible low hand: A-2-3-4-5. More common term: WHEEL.
STUD - Any of several poker games in which some of each players' cards are exposed.

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