Big Changes on the World Poker Tour by Mike Sexton
It’s an exciting time on the World Poker Tour this season. We are currently in our ninth season, meaning we’ve done more TV shows than legendary franchises like “Seinfield” and “I Love Lucy.” Just look at the history of television and you will discover that a very small percentage of TV shows last nine years. In addition to its longevity, and what is incredible to me, is that the WPT airs in over 150 countries around the world!
Vince Van Patten and I are back again for our ninth season to do commentary. A number of additions have been made to improve the TV show, our tour stops, and our player relationships. And players around the world should be excited because the WPT has added about a half-dozen international tournaments to the schedule. They now have the opportunity to play WPT events in their own country! It’s great to see the WPT expanding the brand and truly going global. We have reinstated our Paris WPT event and have added events in England, Spain, Austria, Italy, and elsewhere. Go to worldpokertour.com for a complete schedule. What could be better than traveling the world and playing poker?
We’re also excited about a new stop …
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Useful poker terms:
- OVER - A term used in describing two pair or a full house. "Kings over tens" means two pair, kings and tens. "Jacks over", also "Jacks up" describes a hand that is two pair: Jacks with an unspecified lower pair. Also used to describe a full house, distinguishing the three of a kind from the pair. The hand J-J-J-A-A could be described as "Full house, Jacks over Aces".
- BICYCLE - The best possible low hand: A-2-3-4-5. More common term: WHEEL.
- FLAT LIMIT - A variant of fixed limit where all bets are the same amount.
- FREEZE-OUT - A table-stakes game that continues until a small number of players (possibly only one) has all the money. The major event in The World Series of Poker is a freeze-out game.
- OFFSUIT - Not of the same suit. "I held A-Q offsuit" or "The flop was 10-6-2 offsuit". When speaking of 5 or more cards, not all/ of the same suit, i.e., no flush, as in "button had A-K-10-8-7 offsuit."
- HOYLE - Edmund Hoyle (1769-?) was the authoritative source for rules of card games. Hoyle is to card rules as Webster is to word definitions.
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