A Closer Look at the PokerStars.net NAPT High-Roller Bounty Shootout
The PokerStars.net North American Poker Tour High Roller Bounty Shootout event is under way today at the Venetian Resort & Casino, and players have been eagerly anticipating this unique format and competition.
Unlike high-roller events in the…
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Poker dictionary:
- 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".
- DEALER'S CHOICE - In home games, a rule that permits the dealer to name which poker game to be played that hand. Often limited to selecting from a list provided.
- STRING BET - An unethical and often illegal means of raising whereby a player puts a call-size stack of chips into the pot and, after observing the reactions of the players, then goes back to his stack and puts out more, thus raising.
- RUNNER-RUNNER - A hand made using both of the last two cards dealt.
- STRAIGHT FLUSH - A hand consisting of 5 cards in sequence and the same suit.
- RERAISE - To raise after an opponent has raised.
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