Why poker beats the Olympics
This summer, a fractured world is gathering in two locales Beijing and Las Vegas for one-of-a-kind competition. The Summer Olympics begin Aug. 8; the World Series of Poker Main Event begins July 3. Let me count the ways the WSOP is better than the Olympiad:
Related Poker News:
- Poker Olympics Online
- Hawaiian Poker Event Raises Money for Special Olympics
- Poker run to help Special Olympics
- Opinion: Michael Phelps - So, The Golden Boy Plays Poker
- Poker Run to benefit Special Olympics
- The Couch Slouch: Poker is better than Olympics
- Briefs: Poker Run helps kids
- Poker event to raise funds for Special Olympic athletes
- Chad: Olympics can’t compete with World Series of Poker
- JHCC Poker Run to benefit Special Olympics Oklahoma
- Texas Senior Olympics Features Texas Holdem
- Columbus police sponsor poker run for Georgia Special Olympics
Useful poker terms:
- CHASE - To continue in a hand, often at poor odds, in the hopes of catching a much better hand. "He called, chasing the flush.".
- STRAIGHT FLUSH - A hand consisting of 5 cards in sequence and the same suit.
- PASSED OUT. - A hand in which nobody opens. What happens next is a function of the game being played.
- 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."
- WORLD SERIES OF POKER - A series of several different poker games with relatively large buy-ins, culminating in a $10,000 buy-in no-limit Hold'em tournament, the winner of which is crowned the World Poker Champion. Sponsored by Binion's Horseshoe Club in Las Vegas.
- ALL-IN - To have all of one's chips in the pot. A player who is all-in cannot be forced out of the pot by more betting, but is only eligible to win that portion of the pot he has contributed to. Generally, a SIDE POT is created each time a player is all-in.
RSS feed
