This December Will See $1 Million Poker Tourney in Louisiana
The Coushatta Resort and Casino in Louisiana will be hosting a $1 million tournament this Winter, and poker players from around the world are invited to compete. The eight day event will feature six tournaments, all No Limit Holdem, with buy ins ranging from $225 to the main event at $3,100. The event, the Seven Clans Poker Cup Series, will run from December 2nd through December 10th…
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Poker argot:
- 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".
- BET - To put money into the pot, pursuant to the rules of the game, thus maintaining a chance of winning the pot.
- SPREAD LIMIT - A variation on fixed limit wherein the minimum and maximum bets are different. A 1-4-8 game allows bets from 1 to 4 in the early rounds and 1-8 in the last round. A 1-4-8-16 game allows bets from 1 to 4 in the early rounds, 1 to 8 in the next-to-last round, and 1 to 16 in the last round.
- HOOK - A Jack. So named because the "J" resembles a hook.
- WALK - A pot won by the last blind when no one opens.
- 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.
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