Success of amateurs at poker’s biggest event has more people thinking they can win it all
ector Contreras figures he has as good a chance as anyone to win the poker world’s most prestigious event.
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Poker terminology:
- OMAHA - A variant of Hold'em where each player receives 4 hole cards and must use exactly two of them (together with 3 of 5 board cards) to make a hand. Often played high-low split with an 8 qualifier for low.
- DEAD MAN'S HAND - Generically: two pair, aces and eights. Specifically: the black aces, black eights and nine of diamonds. The hand Wild Bill Hickok was holding when he was shot to death.
- COMPUTER HAND - Texas Hold'em hole cards of Q-7 offsuit. More generically, any hand that computer analysis/simulation determines is positive but turns out to be difficult to play in practice.
- SPLIT [THE POT] - To split the pot between two or more players. Related term: QUARTER.
- EDGE - An advantage over an opponent, either specific or subjective.
- OPEN-HANDED - A category of games characterized by a part of each player's hand being exposed.
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