Heads Up Poker Round One
The NBC Heads Up Poker Championship is underway and the first round of eliminations is done. Poker pros, online qualifiers and Hollywood invitees all matched up in player vs player competition, with only one player per match advancing to the next round. Players that did not advance include David Williams, Annie Duke, Dan Schreiber, Don Cheadle, David Singer, Alisha Kunze, Bill Edler and Chris Moneymaker…
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Poker lingo:
- BRODERICK CRAWFORD - In Hold'em, hole cards of 10-4. From the 1950s TV series "Highway Patrol", starring Broderick Crawford.
- LOCK - A hand that cannot be beat under any circumstances. Also: NUTS.
- POCKET PAIR - Generic Hold'em term for 2 hole cards of the same rank.
- OFFSUIT - Not of the same suit. "I held A-Q offsuit" or "The flop was 10-6-2 offsuit". When speaking of 5 or more cards, not all/ of the same suit, i.e., no flush, as in "button had A-K-10-8-7 offsuit."
- BOARD - The exposed cards in Hold'em and stud. Also BOARD CARDS.
- IMPLIED ODDS - A refinement to POT ODDS which includes money not yet in the pot. Considers the potential extra bets and winnings made when a player forms a very good hand.
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