Advice to Those Arriving for the First Week of the WSOP
If history is any indicator, the opening two events for the 2007 WSOP should garner huge, if not record, fields for preliminary events. Many players find these lower buy-in events to be their best opportunity to take a shot…
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Poker argot:
- OPEN - Make the first bet in a hand, especially in draw poker.
- ACTION - Money that is being bet. "NO ACTION" means a hand or game has few bettors and fewer raisers. "Gimme some action" is ostensibly a plea for calls and raises.
- MIDDLE POSITION - Betting positions approximately halfway around the table from the first player to act.
- MAIN POT - The main pot, as related to one or more side pots, when there are one or more all-in player(s). The main pot is the one in which all active players participate.
- ALL-IN - To have all of one's chips in the pot. A player who is all-in cannot be forced out of the pot by more betting, but is only eligible to win that portion of the pot he has contributed to. Generally, a SIDE POT is created each time a player is all-in.
- PAT - Holding or being dealt a pat hand. "I'm pat" would mean "I don't want to draw any cards.
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