The WSOP Academy: Cultivating Poker Dreams
It’s a little after nine on a Saturday morning in the Olympus Ballroom on the second floor of the Caesars Indiana Hotel & Casino, and the WSOP Academy is in town. 60 or so poker aspirants have gathered here, in a quietly overstated, upscale…
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Casino poker language:
- CHECK RAISE - To check initially, then raise a bet made later on in the same betting round. Frequently a sign of strength, but may be a bluff.
- FREE CARD - A card dealt after all players checked in a betting round.
- FISH - A player who loses money. An old saying is "If you can't spot the fish at the table, *you* are the fish.".
- ROLLED UP - In seven-card stud, being dealt three of a kind in the first three cards.
- PROP - Also PROPOSITION PLAYER. An employee of the gaming establishment whose primary purpose is to keep enough players at a table to prevent breaking up the game for lack of players. Unlike SHILLs "props" make a small hourly wage but play with their own money, winning or losing based on their skill.
- BOARD - The exposed cards in Hold'em and stud. Also BOARD CARDS.
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