Harrah’s to Become Caesars Entertainment
Harrah’s Entertainment, rights holder to the WSOP, announced that its Board of Directors had approved changing the company’s name to Caesars Entertainment Corporation. CEO Gary Loveman said, "Adoption of the name Caesars Entertainment…
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Useful poker terms:
- OPEN-ENDED STRAIGHT - Four cards to a straight which can be completed by drawing a card at either end. E.g., 6-7-8-9 is an open-ended straight. Also: BOBTAIL STRAIGHT. Compare: INSIDE STRAIGHT.
- ASSAULT RIFLE - In Omaha, hole cards that are A-K-4-7 of any suit(s).
- COMPUTER HAND - Texas Hold'em hole cards of Q-7 offsuit. More generically, any hand that computer analysis/simulation determines is positive but turns out to be difficult to play in practice.
- THIRD STREET - In Stud, the third card dealt to each player.
- OMAHA - A variant of Hold'em where each player receives 4 hole cards and must use exactly two of them (together with 3 of 5 board cards) to make a hand. Often played high-low split with an 8 qualifier for low.
- QUALIFIER - A minimum standard that a hand must meet in order to win. Usually applied to the lowball side of a high-low split pot.
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