History Made at WPT Invitational as World Poker Tour
LOS ANGELES—-World Poker Tour® crowned its first female champion Monday night at the 6th Annual WPT Invitational hosted by the Commerce Casino. This special event marks the first time in history that a female player has won a major televised WPT tournament.
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Casino poker language:
- CRYING CALL - A call made with little chance of ultimately winning, but marginally better than an immediate fold.
- HOOK - A Jack. So named because the "J" resembles a hook.
- 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.
- LAY ODDS - To give favorable odds to an opponent.
- BIG SLICK - In Texas Hold'em, hole cards of A-K, suited or not.
- HIGH-LOW SPLIT - Forms of poker in which the pot is split between the best hand and best lowball hand.
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