Casino de Montreal Hosts the World’s Largest Automated Poker Tournament on PokerPro
On Tuesday, February 12th, 2008, Casino de Montreal hosted the world’s largest multi-table poker tournament ever run on automated poker tables. Amazingly, the entire tournament was run with only four staff members.
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Poker argot:
- FLAT CALL - To call a bet. Emphasizes that the caller did not raise.
- FIXED LIMIT - A betting structure where the amount of each bet is a specific fixed quantity. Usually specified as A-B, where A is the amount to bet in the first few betting rounds and B (larger than A) is the amount bet in the later rounds. Related terms: FLAT LIMIT, NO LIMIT, POT LIMIT, SPREAD LIMIT.
- TRIPS - Three of a kind. In Hold'em the term SET is used when two of the three cards are hole cards.
- REBUY - [1] To purchase additional chips after an initial buy-in, usually after losing most or all of the previous buy-in. This term is most often used in certain tournaments where if one loses all one's chips, or falls below a certain minimum chip level, for an additional sum of money one can purchase a fixed amount of additional tournament chips. Usually there is a time limit (The "REBUY PERIOD") as to how long rebuys are allowed. [2] The additional chips "rebought" in tournament play.
- DRAW - [1] A class of poker games characterized by players being dealt 5 cards face-down and later having the opportunity to replace some of the original 5. "Draw poker" and "Five-card draw" are examples of usage. [2] In stud and Hold'em games, the set of cards that will be dealt later can be collectively called "the draw". [3] To discard some number of cards and have dealt an equal number of replacements.
- PAY OFF - Calling a bet with little expectation of winning, unless the opponent is bluffing.

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