The Weekly Turbo: FTOPS XVII Announced, Peter Eastgate Quits Poker, and More
If you’ve been too busy raking in chips in the 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event, or sweating your friends on PokerNews’ live reporting of the WSOP, you should know you missed out on quite a bit of news this week. Peter Eastgate quit playing…
Related Poker News:
- FTOPS XVII Begins Tomorrow
- FTOPS XVII: “yahoo33″ Banks a $300k Score, Adams Banks Jersey
- The Weekly Turbo: Full Tilt Poker Announces FTOPS XX, Phil Ivey Will Teach You to Play, and More
- The Nightly Turbo: Brunson 10 Gets a New Member, FTOPS XVII Announced, and More
- FTOPS XVII Kicks Off Wednesday on Full Tilt Poker
- FTOPS XVII Schedule Announced by Full Tilt Poker
- The Sunday Briefing: Three Players Emerge With $400k+ Scores
- FTOPS XVII: Ten Online Poker Tournaments in the Books
- The Sunday Briefing: Ferguson Falls Short of FTOPS Glory
- The Weekly Turbo: Schedule Announced for Federated Sports + Gaming Poker League, Party in the USA
- Brent “Broberts85″ Roberts Captures Second FTOPS Title / All-Time Final Tables Made Leaderboard
- The Nightly Turbo: FTOPS XVIII Under Way, Chilipoker Set to Launch in the US, and More
Poker glossary:
- 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.
- ON TILT - Playing worse (usually, more aggressively) than usual because a player has become emotionally upset.
- 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.
- TAPPED [OUT] - Out of money. Can refer to a player running out of money in the course of a hand, thus still active for the main pot; or can refer to a player who has lost his bankroll and can no longer play.
- FLOORMAN - The casino representative in charge of the card room or a section of a card room. Arbitrates disputes when unusual events happen.
- DOOR [CARD] - A player's first upcard in stud games.
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