The Online Railbird Report: Dwan Loses Over a Million, Isildur1 Keeps Taking Shots
It was a rollicking week at the virtual tables, as the high-stakes action continued to be driven by Swedish mystery man “Isildur1”, who kept challenging top online players to multi-table heads-up matches. While Isildur1 was busy playing the…
Related Poker News:
- Online Railbird Report: Dwan Drops $3 Million to “Isildur1” In Four-Day Heads-Up Duel
- The Online Railbird Report: Dwan Dominates
- The Online Railbird Report: Dwan’s Domination Continues
- The Online Railbird Report: Ivey Returns, Dwan Crushes, and Antonius Stages a Comeback
- The Online Railbird Report: Tom “durrrr” Dwan Up $2.7 Million in December, “XBLINK” Turns $11 into $800K
- The Online Railbird Report: Palmer vs. Dwan, Hansen’s Profit Dissipating
- The Online Railbird Report: Ivey Crushes, Hansen Slides, and Dwan Readies for Round Two
- The Online Railbird Report: Antonius Back in the Black, Dwan Drops $2.5 Million
- The Online Railbird Report: Dwan, Antonius, and Ivey Score at 7-Game
- The Online Railbird Report: Isildur1 Loses $4.2 Million to Brian Hastings
- Online Railbird Report, Vol. 15: Benyamine, Galfond Book Strong PLO Wins
- The Online Railbird Report, Vol. 14: Dwan and Sahamies Tangle in Largest-ever PLO Pot
Useful poker information:
- TURN - The fourth community card in Hold'em.
- BACK DOOR - Applies to a hand that was made in the last card or two, specifically not a hand the player was originally planning on having. Most often applied to straights and flushes.
- WORLD SERIES OF POKER - A series of several different poker games with relatively large buy-ins, culminating in a $10,000 buy-in no-limit Hold'em tournament, the winner of which is crowned the World Poker Champion. Sponsored by Binion's Horseshoe Club in Las Vegas.
- BIG SLICK - In Texas Hold'em, hole cards of A-K, suited or not.
- CAP - To cap the betting is to make the last permitted raise in a round.
- PAT - Holding or being dealt a pat hand. "I'm pat" would mean "I don't want to draw any cards.

RSS feed


