ESPN: Ratings up for World Series of Poker finale
ESPN and the World Series of Poker say television ratings for the event’s final table this week were up about 50 percent from its broadcast last year, in part, because the show aired the same day play finished instead of months later. Read comments
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Poker terminology:
- SUITED - Two or more cards all the same suit. Ant: OFF-SUIT.
- SHILL - A card room employee who plays with House money, and does not share in any of his (her) winnings or losses. Shills are used to facilitate starting games, and keeping them going. Compare: PROP.
- IMPLIED ODDS - A refinement to POT ODDS which includes money not yet in the pot. Considers the potential extra bets and winnings made when a player forms a very good hand.
- 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.
- STAND OFF - To call a raise. "Opener raises, I stand off".
- REPRESENT - Implying, by one's betting style, that one has a particular hand.
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