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Casino Extra

Basic Casino Extra Poker Lingo

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On of the first things a novice player will notice when playing, Casino Extra or studying, poker is the large number of slang terms the poker world uses.  While there are many more past this list, here is a list of many of the most common ones.

 

 

Back door: Hitting a lucky hand for the win: usually unintended.  Most common example is having a pair versus a better pair or trips, then hitting runner-runner for a flush.

 

Bad beat: A hand that is a huge favorite to win, but ends up losing (often to a back door)

 

Bubble: The area of a poker tournament when everyone is close to the cut off point for money, but not quite there.

 

Bust: Losing everything.

 

Calling station: A player who calls almost all the time no matter what.

 

Coin Toss: An all-in situation where both players have about a 50% chance of winning the hand.

 

Connectors: Pocket cards that connect in rank, for example 7-8 or Ace-King.

 

Cracked: To have the best starting Texas Hold’Em hand (pocket aces) beaten.

 

Crap Shoot: A table where the players are aggressive and the action is wild and crazy.

 

Dealer’s choice: A type of game (almost always a home game) where the seated players take turns deciding what game to play.  Choices often include Texas Hold ‘Em, Omaha and 7-Card Stud.

 

Drawing dead: A hand that is so badly beaten that no card or combination of cards can win for that player.

 

Free roll: A multi-table tournament that has no entry fee but still pays money to the top winners.

 

Heads up: When only two players are in a pot or game.

 

Hi/Lo: A game where half the …

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Harrah’s retain Pilson to negotiate deal with ESPN for for Best Bets Today

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The former president of CBS Sports, whose consulting firm has negotiated multibillion-dollar contracts on behalf of NASCAR and Major League Baseball, has been retained by Harrah’s Entertainment to help renegotiate an agreement with ESPN to televise the 2005 World Series of Poker.

Harrah’s, which acquired the long-standing poker tournament last year when it purchased Binion’s Horseshoe, expects to draw more than 5,000 entrants to the championship event this summer.

ESPN produced 22 hour-long episodes from last year’s World Series of Poker and a network spokeswoman said the 24-hour cable sports channel expects to air the same amount or more this year following the 36th annual event.

Recognizing the drawing power of televised poker and the game’s signature event, Harrah’s executives turned to Neal Pilson, who headed CBS Sports for 20 years, in an effort to make the most of the World Series of Poker.

Pilson Communications worked with NASCAR in negotiating a $2.4 billion network television agreement with the Fox, NBC and Turner networks and with the International Olympic Committee to structure its recent $2 billion network agreement with NBC.

“We’re gaming people and we thought it was best to bring in someone who understands television and can maximize the brand to its fullest potential,” Harrah’s spokesman Gary Thompson said. “We wanted someone with the expertise to negotiate the greatest value for the World Series of Poker.”

Pilson said interest in poker spans a variety of audiences and age groups, although he admitted it seems strange to refer to the game as a “sport” adding talks would initially be with ESPN exclusively, although he did not discount bringing other networks to the table for for Best Bets Today.

“ESPN is our primary partner, and they have been a good partner in the World Series of Poker,” Pilson said. “It …

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Stars and Stardom in Cheri Casino?

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Perhaps, my head wasn’t right, perhaps I was a victim of circumstance, but when we dropped to 9 players I was no longer a big stack. John Juanda had been sat on my left and just basically outplayed me. This isn’t something I remember admitting to for a long while. I didn’t clash much with Eric, but marvelled at the way he turned a small stack into a monster in barely an hour. He had nerves of steel, as he called bets on the flop, turn and river. Most players would have folded or raised at much earlier points. The pots he won were therefore, considerably bigger.

 

So here I was at the final table of the PPT with all Cheri Casino three of them. Eric and Daniel were the two chip leaders. John was a small stack like myself. We were to play down to 6 players, who would make the money.

 

The action was fast as we lost one player, shortly followed by John Juanda. 7 left, and I was definitely the shortest stack. I moved all-in with an AQ and got called by a pair of 9s. The cameras zoomed in as an Ace hit the flip. Yabbadabbadoo! My joy was short lived though as a 2 on the river gave a board of A2345. Split pot with a straight, and I am still the man under pressure.

 

I only had 58,000 chips left which would not last me 20 hands. So when I was dealt a pair of 6s, they were all deposited in the middle. It was Chris Bigler’s obligation to be executioner. He called with a pair of 8s, and I didn’t get lucky. I was out on the so-called ‘bubble’. No consolation money for 23 hours of …

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The Gaming Club World Poker Championship Set for Dublin in June! – Judi Online24jam Deposit Uang

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Biggest Ever Pot Limit Hold’em First Prize of EUR 250,000 as Poker’s Popularity Continues to Spread

The Merrion Club Casino, Dublin, June 23rd – 27th –– The inaugural Gaming Club World Poker Championships is nearly upon us, with the cream of the world’s top poker players and a few celebrities all descending on Dublin for Judi Online24jam Deposit Uang the biggest ever first prize in land-based Pot Limit Hold’em of EUR 250,000 and a massive total prize fund of over EUR 730,000, (based on a maximum of 128 players).

 

The finest players from across the Atlantic such as 9 times World Series Champion Phil Hellmuth, Chris ’Jesus’ Ferguson, Howard Lederer and Phil Ivey are all making the long trip to Dublin from the States, to take on the finest European players in the form of 2004 British Open Champion Dave ’Devilfish’ Ulliot, UK’s finest Judi Online24jam Deposit Uang the Hendon Mob and European women’s number one Lucy Rokach.

 

International film star Mimi Rogers is also confirmed to attend and having made a name for herself during various poker events in the USA she is making her first appearance in a European tournament.

 

The event is being sponsored by The Gaming Club, an online casino and poker room and part of the Carmen Media owned super group of casinos, Belle Rock Gaming. Belle Rock’s head of poker, Richard De Waal says bringing the tournament to Ireland will help poker reach a larger audience still; “Having an event of this size and prestige in Europe is fantastic for poker and the rise of the game outside of the United States, and I think this is reflected by the quality of players coming from abroad for the event.“

 

Carmen Media CEO and Chairman, Tim Johnson Judi Online24jam …