Poker: Changes to Main Event sure to score with TV viewers

The Main Event of the World Series of Poker produces plenty of drama and unscripted twists that make for good television, but there has always been a serious flaw to the formula.

Read more >>

Related Poker News:

• WSOP Updates, $10,000 Main Event, Day 1a – Tinten Olivier Leads
• WSOP Updates, $10,000 Main Event, Day 4 – Dag Martin Mikkelson Returns to Lead
• The WSOP Main Event on ESPN: A November Nine Reunion
• The Big Event Main Event Day 3: Ramdin Leads and Hachem Still Alive with 22 Left
• Bellagio’s Festa al Lago V Main Event Final Table
• Aussie Millions Flashback: The Main Event Begins
• Team PokerNews Members Shine in WSOP Main Event
• The Big Event Main Event Day 2: Ramdin Rockin’ and Rollin’
• WCOOP – Event #23, $5,200 NLHE: ‘TheV0id’ Conquers Main Event Field
• PokerNews Main Event on PokerStars - $20k Added, Open to All
• 2010 World Series of Poker: The Main Event - Let the Games Begin
• 2011 World Series of Poker Day 38: The Main Event is Here!

Huge 100% Match Bonus up to $500 Free! Plus $75 Free Refer-A-Friend!

Full screen 3D animated & 2D ("bird's eye") view options, Extra games

Poker jargon:

• MISDEAL - A hand dealt incorrectly that must be re-dealt.
• FLUSH - A poker hand consisting of five cards all one suit.
• LIVE ONE - The best kind of opponent, a poor player with a lot of money to lose and in a hurry to lose it.
• RIDER BACK (TM) - A brand of playing cards that feature a bicycle rider on the back of the cards. Often used in home games. Compare: BEE No. 92.
• POSITION - One's location in the betting sequence, relative to the players still in the hand. First position is first to act.
• FOURTH STREET - In stud poker, the fourth card dealt to each player. Sometimes used to refer to the fourth community card dealt in Hold'em, although the more common term for this is TURN (q.v.).