Jeff Haney explains the 27 percent drop-off from last year in entries to the main event of the World Series of Poker …
On the fourth and final day of the opening round of the World Series of Poker’s main event, everybody was talking about the players who weren’t there.
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Poker terminology:
- QUARTER - [1] Twenty-five dollars, often symbolized by a green casino chip. [2] To divide half a pot between two tying hands. In split pot games, a player who "ties" another player for their half of the pot is said to be "quartered". One might say "I didn't bet my A-2 because I figured I'd get quartered".
- JOKER - A 53rd card in the deck, distinct from the others, used as a wild card or as a BUG.
- PAT HAND - In draw poker, a hand that does not need any more cards. Specifically, a straight, flush, full house or straight flush. One might bluff and represent a pat hand but actually hold something else.
- PASS - Opposite of bet. To check, if checked to. To fold, if bet to.
- RAISE - To wager more than the minimum required to call, forcing other players to put in more money as well.
- MILES OF BAD ROAD - Three of a kind. Prefixed with a number, 3*<N>, to indicate 3 <N>s. Thus "24 miles of bad road" is 3 eights, etc. (This obviously doesn't work for face cards.)
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