WSOP Updates - Event #8, $1,000 NLHE w/ Rebuys - Chu Makes First WSOP Cash a Winner’s Tale
The $1000 No Limit Hold ‘Em (w/rebuys) Event #8 reached the final table on Thursday afternoon with a very tough lineup. Event #8’s 844 runners had combined to build a purse of over $2.5 million, with the top prize of $585,774 and the gold WSOP…
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Poker dictionary:
- TRIPS - Three of a kind. In Hold'em the term SET is used when two of the three cards are hole cards.
- SPREAD LIMIT - A variation on fixed limit wherein the minimum and maximum bets are different. A 1-4-8 game allows bets from 1 to 4 in the early rounds and 1-8 in the last round. A 1-4-8-16 game allows bets from 1 to 4 in the early rounds, 1 to 8 in the next-to-last round, and 1 to 16 in the last round.
- QUALIFIER - A minimum standard that a hand must meet in order to win. Usually applied to the lowball side of a high-low split pot.
- BLUFF - To make a bet or raise with a poor hand, in hope that the remaining active player(s) will fold.
- TOKE - Gambling term for "tip", as in "Toke the cocktail waitress". Comes from the term "Token of appreciation".
- ROYAL FLUSH - An ace-high straight flush, the best possible hand in regular poker.
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