WSOP Overview, June 8th — Bracelets for Chu, Kravchenko; Powerful 7-Stud Final Table Set
The WSOP never lacks for stories — so many, in fact, that you might not have time to read them all. Here’s the short version, telling you both who’s won and who might strike WSOP gold next…
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- 2007 WSOP Overview, June 19th — Thater, Pillai Collect Bracelets in Tuesday Play
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Poker jargon:
- TIGHT - [1] A style of play that entails playing fewer hands than average. Antonym: LOOSE. [2] A FULL HOUSE.
- HOLE CARDS - In Stud and Hold'em, the face-down cards dealt to each player.
- CUT - To break the deck into 2 stacks of at least 5 cards each. Usually performed by the player to the dealer's right to insure that the the deck is not stacked.
- BET - To put money into the pot, pursuant to the rules of the game, thus maintaining a chance of winning the pot.
- LIMIT POKER - A poker game wherein the amount to be bet is fixed, or at most variable within a prescribed minimum and maximum. Ant.: NO-LIMIT POKER.
- DOYLE BRUNSON - In Hold'em, 10-2 in the hole. So named because Doyle Brunson won two straight WSOPs (q.v.) in 1975 and 1976 with 10-2 on the last hand. (Suited (spades) in 1975, unsuited in 1976).
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