Unknown Beats Pros, Wins WPT Event
The World Poker Tour event playing in Canada is over and done, and the winner is the player with the least well-known name. Gavin Smith, Marc Karam and Kathy Liebert were among the big names playing in the North American Poker Championship, but they all fell short to relative unknown Glen Witmer. Witmer stayed ahead of Smith in heads up play after a start with a five to two lead…
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Casino poker language:
- 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.
- POSITION - One's location in the betting sequence, relative to the players still in the hand. First position is first to act.
- PAY OFF - Calling a bet with little expectation of winning, unless the opponent is bluffing.
- RERAISE - To raise after an opponent has raised.
- TABLE STAKES - A standard rule whereby during a hand players can only bet the money they have on the table. If the bet to a player is more than the player's stack, that player may call with all his chips and be eligible to win only that portion of the pot he contributed to equally. A side pot is created, for which only the remaining players may compete.
- 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.
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