Brunson’s poker tournament attracts top professionals
Cards are scheduled to be shuffled up and dealt in one of the biggest poker tournaments of the year this week at the Bellagio. The World Poker Tours Doyle Brunson Five Diamond Classic, which kicks off at noon Monday and runs through Saturday, will bring all of pokers biggest names, who consider it one of the most prestigious tournaments on the circuit.
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Poker terminology:
- FAVORITE - Before all the cards are dealt, a hand that figures to be the winner. Ant: UNDERDOG.
- CASE - The fourth card of a particular rank, as in "he folded the case 9" when describing where all the 9s were in a hand. Comes from the game of Faro where an employee of the house, called the "case keeper". kept track of the number of each rank of card remaining.
- MANIAC - A player who bets, raises and reraises without regard to the quality of his hand. Most often found in flop games.
- OUT - [1] A card that will improve your hand, often substantially. A hand with many OUTS is preferable to a hand with only 1 or 2. [2] Folded, ineligible to bet or win this hand. "I'm out" is often a synonym for "I fold".
- FLOP - [1] In Hold'em, the first three community cards, dealt simultaneously. [2] To deal a flop, or to make a hand on a flop. "I flopped trips".
- TAP - In no-limit games, to wager all of one's money in one bet.
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