Another Phil from Madison wins World Series of Poker event
A guy named Phil from Madison won a World Series of Poker event in Las Vegas on Wednesday. But it’s not who you think. It wasn’t famed poker superstar Phil Hellmuth, the “Poker Brat” whose 11 WSOP titles and 64 cashes are the most ever. Phil Galfond, a 23-year-old described as a “poker pro who concentrates mostly on cash games,” earned $817,781 and a coveted WSOP championship gold bracelet for …
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Poker glossary:
- NO-LIMIT POKER - A game where there is no maximum bet; a player can wager any amount (perhaps above some minimum) up to whatever money is on the table in front of him.
- BICYCLE - The best possible low hand: A-2-3-4-5. More common term: WHEEL.
- DRAW - [1] A class of poker games characterized by players being dealt 5 cards face-down and later having the opportunity to replace some of the original 5. "Draw poker" and "Five-card draw" are examples of usage. [2] In stud and Hold'em games, the set of cards that will be dealt later can be collectively called "the draw". [3] To discard some number of cards and have dealt an equal number of replacements.
- TABLE STAKES - A standard rule whereby during a hand players can only bet the money they have on the table. If the bet to a player is more than the player's stack, that player may call with all his chips and be eligible to win only that portion of the pot he contributed to equally. A side pot is created, for which only the remaining players may compete.
- FREEZE-OUT - A table-stakes game that continues until a small number of players (possibly only one) has all the money. The major event in The World Series of Poker is a freeze-out game.
- STUCK - Down a nontrivial amount of money, as in "he's stuck $800".
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