World Poker Open Coming
The 2008 World Poker Open will get started shortly after the New Year with preliminary events kicking off on January 3rd at the Gold Strike Casino in Tunica, MS. This is part of the Season Six WPT (World Poker Tour) season, and one of the more popular events. The preliminary events will end on January 19th, and the main event starts on the next day and goes through the 24th…
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Useful poker terms:
- S&M - Sklansky & Malmuth. Generally refers to the ideas and algorithms published by these two authors. When used in a 7-card stud context, often refers to "7 Card Stud For Advanced Players", and when used in a Hold'em context, often refers to "Texas Hold'em For Advanced Players".
- POT - The total amount of money bet so far in a hand.
- CAP - To cap the betting is to make the last permitted raise in a round.
- STRING BET - An unethical and often illegal means of raising whereby a player puts a call-size stack of chips into the pot and, after observing the reactions of the players, then goes back to his stack and puts out more, thus raising.
- STACKED [DECK] - A deck that has been arranged to give one player a huge advantage. Also: RIGGED.
- FISH - A player who loses money. An old saying is "If you can't spot the fish at the table, *you* are the fish.".
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