WPT Foxwoods Starts Today
The seventh major poker tournament of the WPT season will start tomorrow at the Foxwoods Resort and Casino in Connecticut. The World Poker Tour, running strong in their sixth season, always attracts top talent around the world, and the Foxwoods is always a particular favorite. As one of the first casinos to sign up with the WPT when the show first got started, they have a long history of running WPT events and rarely field complains from players…
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Poker slang:
- SUICIDE KING - King of Hearts. So named because in the drawing the king appears to be stabbing himself in the head.
- FIRE - To make the first bet in a betting round. Used to emphasize that the player bet when a check was possible, showing strength.
- MILES OF BAD ROAD - Three of a kind. Prefixed with a number, 3*<N>, to indicate 3 <N>s. Thus "24 miles of bad road" is 3 eights, etc. (This obviously doesn't work for face cards.)
- RIDER BACK (TM) - A brand of playing cards that feature a bicycle rider on the back of the cards. Often used in home games. Compare: BEE No. 92.
- RUNNER-RUNNER - A hand made using both of the last two cards dealt.
- STAKE - The amount of a player's BUY-IN, or the amount of money they are willing to play with in a given session. Compare: BANKROLL.
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