Prime-time spectacular for poker fans
Normally at this of year, ESPN is wrapping World Series of Poker coverage with the final table of the competition’s main event, the $10,000 no-limit Texas Hold’em championship.
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Poker glossary:
- SPLIT [OPENERS] - In draw poker, to discard one or more openers, usually to draw to a straight or flush. Normally requires the opener to declare the act and retain the discards so that the act of opening can later be validated.
- GUT SHOT - A draw to an inside straight, as in 2-3-4-6.
- CHECK RAISE - To check initially, then raise a bet made later on in the same betting round. Frequently a sign of strength, but may be a bluff.
- FIFTH STREET - In stud poker, the fifth card to be dealt to each player. Sometimes used to refer to the last card dealt in Hold'em, although the more common term for this is RIVER (q.v.).
- POT - The total amount of money bet so far in a hand.
- STRING BET - An unethical and often illegal means of raising whereby a player puts a call-size stack of chips into the pot and, after observing the reactions of the players, then goes back to his stack and puts out more, thus raising.
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