ESPN Locks Up World Series of Poker
ESPNs Disney unveiled a seven-year deal on Tuesday to keep the World Series of Poker on its network through 2018.
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Poker terminology:
- FLAT CALL - To call a bet. Emphasizes that the caller did not raise.
- PROP - Also PROPOSITION PLAYER. An employee of the gaming establishment whose primary purpose is to keep enough players at a table to prevent breaking up the game for lack of players. Unlike SHILLs "props" make a small hourly wage but play with their own money, winning or losing based on their skill.
- ROLLED UP - In seven-card stud, being dealt three of a kind in the first three cards.
- SIXTH STREET - The sixth card dealt in 7-card stud.
- SHORT-STACKED - Playing with a only a small amount of money, thus limiting one's risk and reward.
- ACTION - Money that is being bet. "NO ACTION" means a hand or game has few bettors and fewer raisers. "Gimme some action" is ostensibly a plea for calls and raises.
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