WCOOP – Event #20, $530 NLHE Triple Shootout: ‘lyerly_’ Survives Outage to Win
The PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) continued on Friday with Event #20, $530 NLHE Triple Shootout, with a $300,000 guaranteed prize pool. The event had a cap of 729 players, which was reached an hour prior…
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Poker slang:
- LOCK - A hand that cannot be beat under any circumstances. Also: NUTS.
- RAISE - To wager more than the minimum required to call, forcing other players to put in more money as well.
- CHASE - To continue in a hand, often at poor odds, in the hopes of catching a much better hand. "He called, chasing the flush.".
- NICKEL - Five dollars, usually represented by a red casino check.
- FREEROLL - [1] A poker tournament that does not charge a buy-in fee; players must earn buy-in credits through previous play at the same establishment. [2] Having a lock on part of a pot (sure to win a greater fraction of the pot than one is betting) and playing to win more or all of it.
- RAGS - Board cards that are small, not suited and not in sequence, e.g., 9-5-2. When "rags flop", it is unlikely that anyone has a good hand, except possibly the big blind in an unraised pot.
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