PokerNews Jet Set: Medellin, Colombia
Next month, the PokerStars.net Latin American Poker Tour will make its way to the Colombian city of Medellin for the first time ever.
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Useful poker terms:
- PASSED OUT. - A hand in which nobody opens. What happens next is a function of the game being played.
- SET - In Hold'em, three of a kind where two of the cards are hole cards.
- BET - To put money into the pot, pursuant to the rules of the game, thus maintaining a chance of winning the pot.
- FIRE - To make the first bet in a betting round. Used to emphasize that the player bet when a check was possible, showing strength.
- CHECK RAISE - To check initially, then raise a bet made later on in the same betting round. Frequently a sign of strength, but may be a bluff.
- FREEROLL - [1] A poker tournament that does not charge a buy-in fee; players must earn buy-in credits through previous play at the same establishment. [2] Having a lock on part of a pot (sure to win a greater fraction of the pot than one is betting) and playing to win more or all of it.
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