NBC Poker in Deal with Caesars
The NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship has been a popular show with the poker fans, and in recent developments has secured a home for the next four years. The Caesars Palace will be the location for the next four championships, as it has been for the last three. The first year of the NBC show was filmed at the Golden Nugget in 2005…
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Poker slang:
- SUITED - Two or more cards all the same suit. Ant: OFF-SUIT.
- DOYLE BRUNSON - In Hold'em, 10-2 in the hole. So named because Doyle Brunson won two straight WSOPs (q.v.) in 1975 and 1976 with 10-2 on the last hand. (Suited (spades) in 1975, unsuited in 1976).
- BUNNY - An eight. So named because one can easily draw "rabbit ears" above the numeral 8, "paws" in the middle and "feet" at the bottom. (Do this only at home, and not on cards that will be used for play.)
- OPEN - Make the first bet in a hand, especially in draw poker.
- MARKED CARDS - Cards that have been (illegally) altered so that their value can be read from the back.
- FIXED LIMIT - A betting structure where the amount of each bet is a specific fixed quantity. Usually specified as A-B, where A is the amount to bet in the first few betting rounds and B (larger than A) is the amount bet in the later rounds. Related terms: FLAT LIMIT, NO LIMIT, POT LIMIT, SPREAD LIMIT.
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