2008 WSOP Event #9, $1,500 NLHE Six-Handed, Day 1: Matt Matros Leads
Matt Matros, a former final-table participant at the World Poker Tour championship, is the chip leader after Day 1 of the World Series of Poker Event #9, No-Limit Hold’em Six-Handed. Matros, who is the author of the book…
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Poker glossary:
- MANIAC - A player who bets, raises and reraises without regard to the quality of his hand. Most often found in flop games.
- 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.
- RAIL - A barrier dividing the card playing area from a public area.
- POSITION - One's location in the betting sequence, relative to the players still in the hand. First position is first to act.
- CASE - The fourth card of a particular rank, as in "he folded the case 9" when describing where all the 9s were in a hand. Comes from the game of Faro where an employee of the house, called the "case keeper". kept track of the number of each rank of card remaining.
- ROYAL FLUSH - An ace-high straight flush, the best possible hand in regular poker.
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