Spectacular Omaha Action Dominates May Stats; More Online Poker Trends at PokerListings.com
Tracking and analyzing over 20 million online poker hands every month, PokerListings.com’s MarketPulse section is the most comprehensive statistical overview of the industry on the Web. Looking at the numbers for May 2008, the high-stakes Pot-Limit Omaha tables at Full Tilt Poker were the dominant newsmakers, and rightly so — over a hundred $100k+ pots changed hands and David Benyamine went on …
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Poker glossary:
- KICKER TROUBLE - Not having as high a kicker as an opponent.
- HOYLE - Edmund Hoyle (1769-?) was the authoritative source for rules of card games. Hoyle is to card rules as Webster is to word definitions.
- BACK DOOR - Applies to a hand that was made in the last card or two, specifically not a hand the player was originally planning on having. Most often applied to straights and flushes.
- POT LIMIT - A game where the maximum bet is determined by the size of the pot at the time. Note that a player wanting to raise first calls the bet, then totals the pot to determine the maximum amount he can raise.
- STAKE - The amount of a player's BUY-IN, or the amount of money they are willing to play with in a given session. Compare: BANKROLL.
- OPEN - Make the first bet in a hand, especially in draw poker.
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