2010 WCOOP Preview: Highlights from the 2002 and 2003 WCOOP

With the 2010 World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) set to begin on September 5th, we decided to have a look back at the WCOOP from the start. Lets be honest, most of us didn’t know what the WCOOP was back in 2002 before Chris Moneymaker…

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Poker terminology:

• GOOD GAME - A game with players worse than you so that you can expect to win a lot of money.
• GUT SHOT - A draw to an inside straight, as in 2-3-4-6.
• BURN - To discard the top card of the deck prior to dealing, usually done for every dealing round except the first. The theory being that if somehow the cards are marked (illegally) no one will know what card will next be dealt, only what card will be burned. This makes marked cards less of an advantage, hence tends to reduce cheating.
• MISDEAL - A hand dealt incorrectly that must be re-dealt.
• COMPUTER HAND - Texas Hold'em hole cards of Q-7 offsuit. More generically, any hand that computer analysis/simulation determines is positive but turns out to be difficult to play in practice.
• MIDDLE POSITION - Betting positions approximately halfway around the table from the first player to act.