World Poker Showdown Agreement
The World Poker Showdown has signed an international broadcast agreement with United Sports Media, setting up the broadcasting of the four major events the WPS hosts. While the details of the agreement were not disclosed, some information is known, such as the first event to be filmed will be the Costa Rica Poker Showdown. This World Poker Showdown event will run from October 20th through October 28th…
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Poker terminology:
- ON TILT - Playing worse (usually, more aggressively) than usual because a player has become emotionally upset.
- 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.
- FAMILY POT - A pot where all of the players at the table are participating, even after each has had an opportunity to act.
- BIG BOBTAIL - An open-ended 4-card straight flush.
- BACK DOOR - Applies to a hand that was made in the last card or two, specifically not a hand the player was originally planning on having. Most often applied to straights and flushes.
- PROP - Also PROPOSITION PLAYER. An employee of the gaming establishment whose primary purpose is to keep enough players at a table to prevent breaking up the game for lack of players. Unlike SHILLs "props" make a small hourly wage but play with their own money, winning or losing based on their skill.
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