The WSOP on ESPN: World Champions, November Niners, and One Very Controversial Hand
ESPN’s coverage of Day 2b of the 2010 World Series of Poker aired Tuesday night. If you missed it, you missed a controversial hand that Prahlad Friedman played and more. Lucky for you, we didn’t miss it and have your recap here.
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Poker glossary:
- OPEN - Make the first bet in a hand, especially in draw poker.
- CARDS SPEAK - Winner(s) of the hand are determined by turning their cards face up, the best hand(s) wins (no declaration).
- 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.
- DRAWING DEAD - A draw in which it is impossible to obtain a winning hand for any of a variety of reasons: an opponent's hand is better than whatever you are drawing to, the card(s) that make your hand are out of play, or (in Hold'em) give an opponent a stronger hand even if it makes yours. Frequently used in the past tense, since one rarely knows it at the time.
- RERAISE - To raise after an opponent has raised.
- SIDE POT - When an active player runs out of money during the course of a hand, the remaining players participate in a second or SIDE POT for the rest of the hand. Additional side pots are possible if several players run out of money at different points in a hand.
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