PokerStars Crowns The 2009 World Champion of Online Poker

ISLE OF MAN, UK–(Marketwire - 09/29/09) - The PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) Main Event ended late last Monday, September 21, after thousands of players competed for 23 hours to win their share of the $10,720,000 prize pool. Yevgeniy ‘Jovial Gent’ Timoshenko, a professional player originally from Ukraine, cut through the 2,144 player field in the $5,200 No Limit Hold’em …

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Tue, September 29th, 2009

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  • DOYLE BRUNSON - In Hold'em, 10-2 in the hole. So named because Doyle Brunson won two straight WSOPs (q.v.) in 1975 and 1976 with 10-2 on the last hand. (Suited (spades) in 1975, unsuited in 1976).
  • BARN - A FULL HOUSE, three of a kind and a pair.
  • RIDER BACK (TM) - A brand of playing cards that feature a bicycle rider on the back of the cards. Often used in home games. Compare: BEE No. 92.
  • POT - The total amount of money bet so far in a hand.
  • OFFSUIT - Not of the same suit. "I held A-Q offsuit" or "The flop was 10-6-2 offsuit". When speaking of 5 or more cards, not all/ of the same suit, i.e., no flush, as in "button had A-K-10-8-7 offsuit."
  • FREEROLL - [1] A poker tournament that does not charge a buy-in fee; players must earn buy-in credits through previous play at the same establishment. [2] Having a lock on part of a pot (sure to win a greater fraction of the pot than one is betting) and playing to win more or all of it.
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