WSOP Champ Pays His Own Way
Poker pros are often seen at poker tournaments all over the world, taking their shot at big time prizes to pad their bankroll. Sometimes these pros can be found at smaller staked tourneys, but typically they are paid a fee by the hosting casino for their appearance to help draw in the crowds. Jerry Yang, the current World Series of Poker champion, is a bit different…
Related Poker Players News:
- Poker Guy | Shrewd check-raise pays off for champ Negreanu
- Joe Hachem Final Tables at APPT Macau
- Poker 101 Crazy play pays off big
- WSOP Champ Continues Charity Work
- $850,000 in WSOP packages to be won at 888 Poker!
- Former WSOP Champ Final Tables Online
- WSOP Champ at the WCOOP
- 2003 WSOP champ develops his relationship with Playboy
- The Price of Fame – WSOP Champ Gold Sued for Half his Winnings
- World Series of Poker Circuit Main Event Champ Rick Rossetti
- Poker champ pleads no contest, forfeits $2.2 million in winnings
- UPDATE: Poker champ pleads no contest, forfeits $2.2 million in winnings
Useful poker information:
- GOOD GAME - A game with players worse than you so that you can expect to win a lot of money.
- READ - To determine whether an opponent has a good, medium or bad hand by observing his personal behavior. An inexact science.
- HIT - To make a hand or catch a card or cards that improves one's hand. "I hit a gut-shot draw on the river."
- STUD - Any of several poker games in which some of each players' cards are exposed.
- FAMILY POT - A pot where all of the players at the table are participating, even after each has had an opportunity to act.
- SEAT POSITION - The actual seat a player has, normally numbered sequentially starting with 1 as the first seat to dealer's left. Not to be confused with POSITION in a particular pot. Typically unrelated to play of a hand but often important in peripheral aspects, e.g.: "Seats 1 and 10 are nonsmoking here", "Seat 5 has a good view of the table", "Seat 3 is in a high-traffic area".
RSS feed
