Andy Bloch Doing Well at WSOPE
The World Series of Poker Europe main event is coming along and many top pros are holding out as chip leaders after the first two days. The biggest chip leader is a big name in poker, Andy Bloch, with more than 300k in chips. Right behind him is online poker pro Brian Townsend (sbrugby) with about 290k, Erick Seidel, John Juanda and Daniel Negreanu are all in the top ten…
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Useful poker terms:
- 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".
- FAVORITE - Before all the cards are dealt, a hand that figures to be the winner. Ant: UNDERDOG.
- TRIPS - Three of a kind. In Hold'em the term SET is used when two of the three cards are hole cards.
- INSIDE STRAIGHT - Four cards to a straight, where only one rank will complete the hand. E.g., 4-5-6-8 is an inside straight since only a 7 will fill (i.e., complete) the hand. Often called a GUT-SHOT. Compare: BOBTAIL STRAIGHT, OPEN-ENDED STRAIGHT.
- PAT - Holding or being dealt a pat hand. "I'm pat" would mean "I don't want to draw any cards.
- RAINBOW - In flop games, a flop in which no two cards are of the same suit. "The flop was A 9 7 rainbow."
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