2008 WSOP Event 24 $2,500 Pot-Limit Hold’em/Omaha Day 1: McKinney Leads, Cash Bubble Looms
A first day’s action in Event #24 at the 2008 WSOP, $2,500 Pot-Limit Hold’em/Omaha Mixed, saw a starting field of 457 trimmed down to 85 through the first session’s opening eight levels of play, leaving the survivors in sight…
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Poker lexicon:
- PROP - Also PROPOSITION PLAYER. An employee of the gaming establishment whose primary purpose is to keep enough players at a table to prevent breaking up the game for lack of players. Unlike SHILLs "props" make a small hourly wage but play with their own money, winning or losing based on their skill.
- HOLE CARDS - In Stud and Hold'em, the face-down cards dealt to each player.
- EDGE - An advantage over an opponent, either specific or subjective.
- RAKE - Money taken from each pot and given to the house in return for hosting the game. Usually a percentage of the pot (5%-10%) up to some maximum amount.
- RAISE - To wager more than the minimum required to call, forcing other players to put in more money as well.
- DOOR [CARD] - A player's first upcard in stud games.
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