Top Ten Poker Stories of the 2009: #5, Jeffrey Pollack Resigns as WSOP Commissioner
Good morning WSOP Nation! Anyone following Jeffrey Pollack on Twitter knows that every morning during the World Series of Poker began with that phrase and that phrase was generally followed by the song of the day. The 2010 WSOP will be missing…
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Poker glossary:
- NO-LIMIT POKER - A game where there is no maximum bet; a player can wager any amount (perhaps above some minimum) up to whatever money is on the table in front of him.
- LITTLE SLICK - In Hold'em, hole cards of A-2, suited or not.
- COLD CALL - Calling both a bet and raise at the same time, as opposed to calling a bet then later calling a raise made after the call.
- QUARTER - [1] Twenty-five dollars, often symbolized by a green casino chip. [2] To divide half a pot between two tying hands. In split pot games, a player who "ties" another player for their half of the pot is said to be "quartered". One might say "I didn't bet my A-2 because I figured I'd get quartered".
- HOYLE - Edmund Hoyle (1769-?) was the authoritative source for rules of card games. Hoyle is to card rules as Webster is to word definitions.
- WIRED [PAIR] - A pair in the hole. In 5-card stud, a door card that pairs the hole card.

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