2007 WSOP Recap: Event #3 $1,500 No Limit Hold ‘Em, Day One — Records Smashed and Money Reached

For those who wondered about the health of the poker world after the much-maligned passage of the UIGEA in October 2006, Event #3 of the 2007 World Series of Poker, the first of several $1,500 no-limit tournaments, responded by bringing…

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Poker dictionary:

• PAY OFF - Calling a bet with little expectation of winning, unless the opponent is bluffing.
• 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.
• FREEZE-OUT - A table-stakes game that continues until a small number of players (possibly only one) has all the money. The major event in The World Series of Poker is a freeze-out game.
• IN - Still eligible to win the pot. "I'm in" is often spoken as one adds chips to the pot, calling.
• RING GAME - A standard game where players can come and go as they choose. The opposite of TOURNAMENT.
• OFFSUIT - Not of the same suit. "I held A-Q offsuit" or "The flop was 10-6-2 offsuit". When speaking of 5 or more cards, not all/ of the same suit, i.e., no flush, as in "button had A-K-10-8-7 offsuit."