Women’s Poker Spotlight: The History of the WSOP Ladies Event

In 1977 the World Series of Poker, then in its eighth year, began what would become an annual tradition…

LOOSE - Playing more hands than the norm. Antonym: TIGHT.
POCKET ROCKETS - In Hold'em, a pair of aces for hole cards.
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.
TOURNAMENT - A highly structured game involving potentially dozens of tables where all participants pay an entry fee and obtain a fixed number of chips. Once a tournament has started, additional players may not enter. As the game progresses players bust out and are eliminated until only one winner remains.
BARN - A FULL HOUSE, three of a kind and a pair.
DECLARE - In high/low games, declaring one's hand as high or low or both ways (usually done with chips in hand). Usually played in home games; casinos tend to play CARDS SPEAK.

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