WSOP Updates – Event #27, $1,500 NLHE — David Williams Climbs Board, Hewitt Leads
The Rio was packed to the rafters for Saturday’s start of Event 27, $1500 No Limit Hold ‘Em. An impressive 2315 entrants generated a $3,159,975 prize pool and overflowed the Amazon Room into the Player’s Pavilion…
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Useful poker terms:
- PAT - Holding or being dealt a pat hand. "I'm pat" would mean "I don't want to draw any cards.
- ANTE - A small bet all players are required to make before a hand is dealt. Not all games have an ante. Related terms: BLIND, FORCED BET.
- STUD - Any of several poker games in which some of each players' cards are exposed.
- TRIPS - Three of a kind. In Hold'em the term SET is used when two of the three cards are hole cards.
- LIVE BLIND - The last and largest blind bet may or may not be LIVE. If LIVE, the blind bettor has the option of "raising" his own blind in the event the bet is called around to him. This is normal, and is sometimes referred to as "blinds are live".
- BUTTON - A distinctive token held by the player sitting in the theoretical dealer's position, when a house dealer is used. The button rotates around the table so that every player has an opportunity to be the last to act. Also, "THE BUTTON" can refer to the player who currently has the button. ("I was the button and called the blind".) Synonyms: BUCK, PUCK.
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