Inaugural Latin American Poker Tour Warms Up
It looks like poker is about to break open in eight Latin American countries as the inaugural Latin American Poker Tour warms up for a 2008 season. The LAPT 2008 will see poker tournaments in Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Panama, Colombia and Costa Rica. At the end of the season one player will be crowned by winning a Tournament of Champions event…
Related World Poker Tour News:
- Vega’s Latin American Poker Tour Receiving International Attention
- Latin American Poker Tour Gets the Butcher
- ‘Bob the Butcher’ to Provide Commentary for Vega’s Latin American Poker Tour
- Vega’s Latin American Poker Tour Expands to ‘Poker Tour of the Americas’
- Latin American Poker Tour Underway
- PokerStars Announces Latin American Poker Tour Schedule
- Young Dutchman Wins First Latin American Poker Tour
- New Name for Latin Poker Tour
- Latin American Poker Tour Day 2: Eric Levesque Sits in Pole Position
- Vega to Launch Latin American Poker Tour
- Latin American Poker Tour Peru Day 3: Ospina Still in Control After Day 3; Hodali Lurks
- Latin American Poker Tour, Day 4: Amer Sulaiman Snags the Win
Poker lexicon:
- DOUBLE BELLY BUSTER - A two-way inside straight. E.g., 3-5-6-7-9.
- EDGE - An advantage over an opponent, either specific or subjective.
- SPLIT [OPENERS] - In draw poker, to discard one or more openers, usually to draw to a straight or flush. Normally requires the opener to declare the act and retain the discards so that the act of opening can later be validated.
- LOWBALL - Generic term for poker where the lowest hand wins.
- CASE - The fourth card of a particular rank, as in "he folded the case 9" when describing where all the 9s were in a hand. Comes from the game of Faro where an employee of the house, called the "case keeper". kept track of the number of each rank of card remaining.
- BET - To put money into the pot, pursuant to the rules of the game, thus maintaining a chance of winning the pot.
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