Poker’s biggest tournament gets under way in Vegas
LAS VEGAS (AP) -The marathon grind toward the richest pot in poker is under way. Play opened in the 39th World Series of Poker main event Thursday, with more than 1,000 players hoping to make it through a 10-hour day of no-limit Texas Hold ‘em agai…
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Poker slang:
- FAVORITE - Before all the cards are dealt, a hand that figures to be the winner. Ant: UNDERDOG.
- BELLY BUSTER - An inside straight draw. Same as GUTSHOT.
- NUT / NUTS - The best possible hand of a given class. Not a LOCK unless all cards have been dealt. The "nut flush" is the highest possible flush, but might still lose to, e.g., a full house. Usually used in Hold'em games.
- LIVE [CARD] - In Stud, a card probably not held by other players.
- FLAT LIMIT - A variant of fixed limit where all bets are the same amount.
- HOYLE - Edmund Hoyle (1769-?) was the authoritative source for rules of card games. Hoyle is to card rules as Webster is to word definitions.
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