WSOP Qualifiers Popular at Wheeling Island
The Wheeling Island Hotel-Casino-Racetrack recently held their first satellite qualifier for the upcoming World Series of Poker, and according to recent reports it was a big success. Hundreds of poker players lined up to compete in the event, which offered a prize package to the 2008 World Series of Poker main event worth $10,000. The 330 seat tournament was sold out hours after the tickets went on sale…
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Poker talk:
- ON TILT - Playing worse (usually, more aggressively) than usual because a player has become emotionally upset.
- HOYLE - Edmund Hoyle (1769-?) was the authoritative source for rules of card games. Hoyle is to card rules as Webster is to word definitions.
- CARDS SPEAK - Winner(s) of the hand are determined by turning their cards face up, the best hand(s) wins (no declaration).
- POCKET ROCKETS - In Hold'em, a pair of aces for hole cards.
- JOKER - A 53rd card in the deck, distinct from the others, used as a wild card or as a BUG.
- STEAM - Playing wildly, calling and raising a lot, because one is upset. Compare: ON TILT.
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