Beau Rivage poker tournament offers million dollar prize
BILOXI, MS (WLOX) - Some of America’s top professional poker players are competing in Biloxi’s World Poker Tour Championship at Beau Rivage. When the tournament began, 283 players were at the tables. By Saturday, six players will be competing for a top prize of a million dollars.
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Poker jargon:
- TRIPS - Three of a kind. In Hold'em the term SET is used when two of the three cards are hole cards.
- LAY ODDS - To give favorable odds to an opponent.
- AMERICAN AIRLINES - In Hold'em, a pair of Aces in the hole. Better known (at least in rec.gambling) as POCKET ROCKETS.
- FLOP GAME - Any of a number of poker games where a flop is dealt.
- RAIL - A barrier dividing the card playing area from a public area.
- MUCK - [1] A collection of face-down cards near the dealer composed of discards, i.e., folded hands, burns and discards for drawing purposes. [2] To throw one's cards into the muck, thus folding.
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