Who’s who at the World Series of Poker’s main event final table
The final nine players from a starting field of 6,358 in the World Series of Poker’s main event hit the felt at 3 p.m. ET Tuesday to determine the Texas Hold’em world champion. USA TODAY’s Gary Mihoces looks at who these guys are, with Danny Sheridan’s odds against winning:
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Poker dictionary:
- DRAW - [1] A class of poker games characterized by players being dealt 5 cards face-down and later having the opportunity to replace some of the original 5. "Draw poker" and "Five-card draw" are examples of usage. [2] In stud and Hold'em games, the set of cards that will be dealt later can be collectively called "the draw". [3] To discard some number of cards and have dealt an equal number of replacements.
- TABLE STAKES - A standard rule whereby during a hand players can only bet the money they have on the table. If the bet to a player is more than the player's stack, that player may call with all his chips and be eligible to win only that portion of the pot he contributed to equally. A side pot is created, for which only the remaining players may compete.
- STAKE - The amount of a player's BUY-IN, or the amount of money they are willing to play with in a given session. Compare: BANKROLL.
- OPENER - The player who opens the betting, especially in draw poker. A hand may have no openers, in which case it is PASSED OUT, i.e., new hands are dealt.
- ON THE COME - A situation where the player does not have a complete hand but hopes to make one if the right cards come up.
- MARKED CARDS - Cards that have been (illegally) altered so that their value can be read from the back.
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