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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Useful poker terms:
- 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.
- OUT - [1] A card that will improve your hand, often substantially. A hand with many OUTS is preferable to a hand with only 1 or 2. [2] Folded, ineligible to bet or win this hand. "I'm out" is often a synonym for "I fold".
- BLUFF - To make a bet or raise with a poor hand, in hope that the remaining active player(s) will fold.
- EXPECTATION - The long-run [dis-]advantage of a given situation, specifically without reference to any particular outcome. I.e., what you figure to win [lose] on average after a large number of repetitions of the same situation.
- WALK - A pot won by the last blind when no one opens.
- HOYLE - Edmund Hoyle (1769-?) was the authoritative source for rules of card games. Hoyle is to card rules as Webster is to word definitions.
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