The Weekly Turbo: 2010 WSOP Schedule, Poker Players Shave Heads, and More

In case you missed any of the week’s poker news, we have you covered. The Weekly Turbo will catch you up on the poker news you missed including the 2010 WSOP schedule, why some poker players shaved their heads, and more.

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Poker dictionary:

• QUALIFIER - A minimum standard that a hand must meet in order to win. Usually applied to the lowball side of a high-low split pot.
• WHITE BLACKBIRD - A hand so astonishingly rare as to be unworthy of the opponents' consideration, e.g., being dealt a pat royal flush in 5-card draw.
• STUD - Any of several poker games in which some of each players' cards are exposed.
• 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.
• 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.
• BIG BLIND - A blind bet, usually a raise of an earlier blind which would be called the SMALL BLIND. In limit poker, the BIG BLIND is usually the size of the minimum bet on the first round of betting.