New Records at 2008 World Series of Poker
The 2008 World Series of Poker is just getting underway and already new records are being set in attendance, which is good news for the organizers of the event and the players themselves. Two years ago the poker boom was at its zenith, and then last year the attendance dropped off. With Event number 2, the first No Limit Texas Holdem event, the first day had more than two thousand players, and the second day close to the same number…
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Poker terminology:
- DEAD MONEY - Money contributed to the pot by players who have folded.
- NUT / NUTS - The best possible hand of a given class. Not a LOCK unless all cards have been dealt. The "nut flush" is the highest possible flush, but might still lose to, e.g., a full house. Usually used in Hold'em games.
- OPEN-HANDED - A category of games characterized by a part of each player's hand being exposed.
- ONE-EYED - The jack of hearts, jack of spades or king of diamonds. So named because the characters are drawn in profile, thus showing only one eye.
- STUCK - Down a nontrivial amount of money, as in "he's stuck $800".
- WORLD SERIES OF POKER - A series of several different poker games with relatively large buy-ins, culminating in a $10,000 buy-in no-limit Hold'em tournament, the winner of which is crowned the World Poker Champion. Sponsored by Binion's Horseshoe Club in Las Vegas.
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