Poker: World Series at a glance
The final nine players remaining in the World Series of Poker main event and their chip counts. The finalists emerged from a field of 6,844 players and were competing for the tournament’s top prize of $9.12 million. Ninth place gets $900,670; higher finishers are guaranteed at least $1.28 million.
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Poker terminology:
- LIVE [CARD] - In Stud, a card probably not held by other players.
- 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.
- LOCK - A hand that cannot be beat under any circumstances. Also: NUTS.
- SPREAD LIMIT - A variation on fixed limit wherein the minimum and maximum bets are different. A 1-4-8 game allows bets from 1 to 4 in the early rounds and 1-8 in the last round. A 1-4-8-16 game allows bets from 1 to 4 in the early rounds, 1 to 8 in the next-to-last round, and 1 to 16 in the last round.
- STACKED [DECK] - A deck that has been arranged to give one player a huge advantage. Also: RIGGED.
- MANIAC - A player who bets, raises and reraises without regard to the quality of his hand. Most often found in flop games.
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