WPT Tour Reaches Italy With Help From Bwin
March 13 - WPT partners with gambling group, bwin to bring the main event of the tour to Italy for the first time in history.
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Poker lingo:
- NUT / NUTS - The best possible hand of a given class. Not a LOCK unless all cards have been dealt. The "nut flush" is the highest possible flush, but might still lose to, e.g., a full house. Usually used in Hold'em games.
- WHEEL - A-2-3-4-5. Usually discussed in the context of lowball where it is the best possible hand. Can also refer to a 5-high straight in high games. Also: BICYCLE.
- MIDDLE POSITION - Betting positions approximately halfway around the table from the first player to act.
- 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.
- BOAT - A FULL HOUSE, three of a kind and a pair.
- JOKER - A 53rd card in the deck, distinct from the others, used as a wild card or as a BUG.
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