WSOP Circuit Hammond Series Provides Surge in Chicagoland Poker Interest
The World Series of Poker’s new Circuit series stop at Horseshoe Hammond (Indiana), has provided a prominent new stage for poker events in a region where players have previously suffered comparatively small access…
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Poker glossary:
- LIMIT POKER - A poker game wherein the amount to be bet is fixed, or at most variable within a prescribed minimum and maximum. Ant.: NO-LIMIT POKER.
- ANTE - A small bet all players are required to make before a hand is dealt. Not all games have an ante. Related terms: BLIND, FORCED BET.
- LOCK - A hand that cannot be beat under any circumstances. Also: NUTS.
- HOYLE - Edmund Hoyle (1769-?) was the authoritative source for rules of card games. Hoyle is to card rules as Webster is to word definitions.
- LOWBALL - Generic term for poker where the lowest hand wins.
- BAD-BEAT JACKPOT - In some cardrooms, a prize that is shared by the players in a game, when a very good hand (usually Aces full, or better) is beaten by a higher hand. Jackpots are usually financed by taking a drop ($1 is a common amount) from every pot. A typical division of the jackpot will give the losing hand 50 %, the winning hand 25 %, and the other players at the table share the remaining 25 % of the Jackpot.
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