China to Join World Poker Tour
In what will certainly be called a ground breaking event, the World Poker Tour has recently signed an agreement with the China Leisure Sports Administrative Center, putting the WPT in reach of the Chinese public. The details are sketchy as far as the actual tourneys go, but the WPT says that the partnership will “promote the sport of poker” by instituting the very first national poker competition in China. This move may have been predicted by those following other recent WPT/China partnerships, such as the WPT getting the right to broadcast on Macau Cable.
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Poker lexicon:
- BARN - A FULL HOUSE, three of a kind and a pair.
- LAY ODDS - To give favorable odds to an opponent.
- STEAM - Playing wildly, calling and raising a lot, because one is upset. Compare: ON TILT.
- BET FOR VALUE - Betting a hand that, in the long run, is expected to win more than it loses. Antonym: BLUFF.
- SIXTH STREET - The sixth card dealt in 7-card stud.
- OVER - A term used in describing two pair or a full house. "Kings over tens" means two pair, kings and tens. "Jacks over", also "Jacks up" describes a hand that is two pair: Jacks with an unspecified lower pair. Also used to describe a full house, distinguishing the three of a kind from the pair. The hand J-J-J-A-A could be described as "Full house, Jacks over Aces".
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