The World Poker Store Appoints COO

The World Poker Store (PINKSHEETS: WPKS), a Nevada corporation with corporate offices in St. Paul, MN, announced today the appointment of David Riggs to Chief Operations Officer. David will continue to serve as a board member for the company and brings a wealth of experience and knowledge to the day-to-day operations of The World Poker Store. Mr. Riggs is a 28-year resident of Las Vegas and has …

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• STRING BET - An unethical and often illegal means of raising whereby a player puts a call-size stack of chips into the pot and, after observing the reactions of the players, then goes back to his stack and puts out more, thus raising.
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• DEAD MAN'S HAND - Generically: two pair, aces and eights. Specifically: the black aces, black eights and nine of diamonds. The hand Wild Bill Hickok was holding when he was shot to death.
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