RP readies to host Asias biggest poker tourney
MANILA, Philippines — Some 400 people from around the world will gather in Manila next month for the first leg of Asia’s biggest poker tournament, organizers said Monday.
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Poker dictionary:
- MIDDLE POSITION - Betting positions approximately halfway around the table from the first player to act.
- ON TILT - Playing worse (usually, more aggressively) than usual because a player has become emotionally upset.
- STRING BET - An unethical and often illegal means of raising whereby a player puts a call-size stack of chips into the pot and, after observing the reactions of the players, then goes back to his stack and puts out more, thus raising.
- STRAIGHT FLUSH - A hand consisting of 5 cards in sequence and the same suit.
- BET - To put money into the pot, pursuant to the rules of the game, thus maintaining a chance of winning the pot.
- PAT HAND - In draw poker, a hand that does not need any more cards. Specifically, a straight, flush, full house or straight flush. One might bluff and represent a pat hand but actually hold something else.
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