The Unseen Series: Off Hours at the 2008 WSOP
There’s never truly a down time at the World Series of Poker, once festivities begin. It’s essentially a poker festival running for well over 1,200 consecutive hours, from the opening of the registration booths and satellite…
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Poker glossary:
- AMERICAN AIRLINES - In Hold'em, a pair of Aces in the hole. Better known (at least in rec.gambling) as POCKET ROCKETS.
- 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.
- ROLLED UP - In seven-card stud, being dealt three of a kind in the first three cards.
- WIRED [PAIR] - A pair in the hole. In 5-card stud, a door card that pairs the hole card.
- LOWBALL - Generic term for poker where the lowest hand wins.
- SPREAD LIMIT - A variation on fixed limit wherein the minimum and maximum bets are different. A 1-4-8 game allows bets from 1 to 4 in the early rounds and 1-8 in the last round. A 1-4-8-16 game allows bets from 1 to 4 in the early rounds, 1 to 8 in the next-to-last round, and 1 to 16 in the last round.
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