PokerStars.net Asia Pacific Poker Tour Announces Line Up of Champions for Launch Event in Macau

MACAU, Aug. 22, 2008 — PokerStars , the world’s largest online poker site, today announced an unprecedented line-up of 20 top poker champions who will be hitting the felt for the launch of Season 2 of the PokerStars Asia Pacific Poker Tour at Macau in the People’s Republic of China.

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MITES AND LICE - A hand consisting of two pair, threes over twos.
BIG BLIND - A blind bet, usually a raise of an earlier blind which would be called the SMALL BLIND. In limit poker, the BIG BLIND is usually the size of the minimum bet on the first round of betting.
NO-LIMIT POKER - A game where there is no maximum bet; a player can wager any amount (perhaps above some minimum) up to whatever money is on the table in front of him.
LOOSE - Playing more hands than the norm. Antonym: TIGHT.
BACK DOOR - Applies to a hand that was made in the last card or two, specifically not a hand the player was originally planning on having. Most often applied to straights and flushes.
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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