China Poker Tournament Underway
Legal live poker tournaments have never been a commonplace thing in China, and in fact the first ever such competition just recently got underway in the gambling district of the People’s Republic of China, Macau. The event is part of the Asian Pacific Poker Tour (APPT), and the main event of this tournament in Macau has some high profile players to bolster attendance. Former WSOP champion Joe Hachem will be playing, as will Barry Greenstein, Lee Nelson, and Scotty Nguyen as well as newcomer and big character Hevad Khan…
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Poker argot:
- WIRED [PAIR] - A pair in the hole. In 5-card stud, a door card that pairs the hole card.
- FIFTH STREET - In stud poker, the fifth card to be dealt to each player. Sometimes used to refer to the last card dealt in Hold'em, although the more common term for this is RIVER (q.v.).
- SIDE POT - When an active player runs out of money during the course of a hand, the remaining players participate in a second or SIDE POT for the rest of the hand. Additional side pots are possible if several players run out of money at different points in a hand.
- HIGH-LOW SPLIT - Forms of poker in which the pot is split between the best hand and best lowball hand.
- POCKET ROCKETS - In Hold'em, a pair of aces for hole cards.
- BUNNY - An eight. So named because one can easily draw "rabbit ears" above the numeral 8, "paws" in the middle and "feet" at the bottom. (Do this only at home, and not on cards that will be used for play.)
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