Bet365 Kick Off their Biggest Ever Poker Tournament
In the midst of all the other fantastic promotions that are taking place at bet365 during Euro2008, you may be forgiven if you overlooked this one. It’s the biggest poker tournament that bet365 have ever run and qualifiers are starting over at their online poker room right now. The prize pool is a staggering $2,500,000 and the first prize is estimated to be around $500,000. (PRWeb Jun 18, 2008) …
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Poker glossary:
- FOUR OF A KIND - A hand containing all four cards of the same rank.
- BAD-BEAT JACKPOT - In some cardrooms, a prize that is shared by the players in a game, when a very good hand (usually Aces full, or better) is beaten by a higher hand. Jackpots are usually financed by taking a drop ($1 is a common amount) from every pot. A typical division of the jackpot will give the losing hand 50 %, the winning hand 25 %, and the other players at the table share the remaining 25 % of the Jackpot.
- HIT - To make a hand or catch a card or cards that improves one's hand. "I hit a gut-shot draw on the river."
- READ - To determine whether an opponent has a good, medium or bad hand by observing his personal behavior. An inexact science.
- POCKET PAIR - Generic Hold'em term for 2 hole cards of the same rank.
- COMPUTER HAND - Texas Hold'em hole cards of Q-7 offsuit. More generically, any hand that computer analysis/simulation determines is positive but turns out to be difficult to play in practice.
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