WPT 5 Diamond Poker Championship Grinds Down
The final table is nearly set at the World Poker Tour 5 Diamond Doyle Brunson World Poker Classic Championship, but players like Gus Hansen and Huck Seed could not hold on. Other big pros, however, did manage to make it to the final 18, such as David “Devilfish” Ulliott, Erick Lindgren and favorite Daniel Negreanu. The Canadian poker pro started the day with a chip lead in the two million range, well ahead of the rest of the pack…
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Poker lexicon:
- STACKED [DECK] - A deck that has been arranged to give one player a huge advantage. Also: RIGGED.
- TABLE STAKES - A standard rule whereby during a hand players can only bet the money they have on the table. If the bet to a player is more than the player's stack, that player may call with all his chips and be eligible to win only that portion of the pot he contributed to equally. A side pot is created, for which only the remaining players may compete.
- DOOR [CARD] - A player's first upcard in stud games.
- FLUSH - A poker hand consisting of five cards all one suit.
- PAY STATION - A player who rarely folds, thus who frequently calls better hands and loses. Almost as much fun as a LIVE ONE.
- ANTE - A small bet all players are required to make before a hand is dealt. Not all games have an ante. Related terms: BLIND, FORCED BET.
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