2008 WSOP $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. Day 1: ‘Mig.com,’ Reslock Early Leaders
The field in the $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. tournament is annually the deepest and most storied in all of poker, and the 148 players who took the field for this year’s Event #45 were no exception. With more than 40 bracelet winners, dozens…
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Poker lexicon:
- PASS - Opposite of bet. To check, if checked to. To fold, if bet to.
- SPLIT [THE POT] - To split the pot between two or more players. Related term: QUARTER.
- QUARTER - [1] Twenty-five dollars, often symbolized by a green casino chip. [2] To divide half a pot between two tying hands. In split pot games, a player who "ties" another player for their half of the pot is said to be "quartered". One might say "I didn't bet my A-2 because I figured I'd get quartered".
- TOURNAMENT - A highly structured game involving potentially dozens of tables where all participants pay an entry fee and obtain a fixed number of chips. Once a tournament has started, additional players may not enter. As the game progresses players bust out and are eliminated until only one winner remains.
- LOCK - A hand that cannot be beat under any circumstances. Also: NUTS.
- CAP - To cap the betting is to make the last permitted raise in a round.
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