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Poker tournament

Index Poker tournament

A poker tournament is a tournament where players compete by playing poker. [1]

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Asia Pacific Poker Tour

The Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) is a major international series of poker tournaments established in 2007 and hosted in cities across the Asia Pacific.

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Atlantic City, New Jersey

Atlantic City is a resort city in Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States, known for its casinos, boardwalk, and beaches.

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Betting in poker

In the game of poker, the play largely centers on the act of betting, and as such, a protocol has been developed to speed up play, lessen confusion, and increase security while playing.

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Blind (poker)

The blinds are forced bets posted by players to the left of the dealer button in flop-style poker games.

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Caesars Entertainment Corporation

Caesars Entertainment Corporation, is an American gaming corporation based in Paradise, Nevada that owns and operates over 50 casinos and hotels, and seven golf courses under several brands.

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Cannes

Cannes (Canas) is a city located on the French Riviera.

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Cash game

Cash games, also sometimes referred to as ring games or live action games, are poker games played with "real" chips and money at stake, usually with no predetermined end time, with players able to enter and leave as they see fit.

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Casino

A casino is a facility which houses and accommodates certain types of gambling activities.

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Casino token

Casino tokens (also known as casino or gaming chips, checks, or cheques) are small discs used in lieu of currency in casinos.

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Chris Moneymaker

Christopher Bryan Moneymaker (born November 21, 1975, in Atlanta, Georgia) is an American poker player who won the Main Event at the 2003 World Series of Poker (WSOP).

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Commerce Casino

Commerce Casino is a cardroom located in the Los Angeles suburb of Commerce.

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Community card poker

Community card poker refers to any game of poker that uses community cards (also called "shared cards" or "window cards"), which are cards dealt face up in the center of the table and shared by all players.

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Crown Australian Poker Championship

The Australian Poker Championship, commonly known as Aussie Millions, is a series of poker tournaments held at the Crown Casino, in Melbourne, Australia.

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Crown Melbourne

Crown Melbourne (also referred to as Crown Casino and Entertainment Complex) is a casino and resort located on the south bank of the Yarra River, in Melbourne, Australia.

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Dealer's choice

Dealer's choice is a style of poker where each player may deal a different variant.

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Double-elimination tournament

A double-elimination tournament is a type of elimination tournament competition in which a participant ceases to be eligible to win the tournament's championship upon having lost two games or matches.

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Emergence

In philosophy, systems theory, science, and art, emergence occurs when "the whole is greater than the sum of the parts," meaning the whole has properties its parts do not have.

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ESPN

ESPN (originally an acronym for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is a U.S.-based global cable and satellite sports television channel owned by ESPN Inc., a joint venture owned by The Walt Disney Company (80%) and Hearst Communications (20%).

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European Poker Tour

The European Poker Tour (EPT) is a series of poker tournaments similar to those in the World Poker Tour (WPT), created by John Duthie, winner of the inaugural Poker Million tournament.

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Freeroll

In poker, a freeroll has two distinct meanings.

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Full Tilt Online Poker Series

The Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS) is an online poker tournament series sponsored by Full Tilt Poker.

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Glossary of poker terms

The following is a glossary of poker terms used in the card game of poker.

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Grand Sierra Resort

Grand Sierra Resort (formerly MGM Grand Reno, Bally's Reno and Reno Hilton) is a hotel and casino located approximately three miles east of Downtown Reno, Nevada.

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Greg Raymer

Gregory Raymer (born June 25, 1964) nicknamed "Fossilman," is a professional poker player.

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Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City

The Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City (formerly Trump Taj Mahal) is a casino and hotel on the Boardwalk, owned by Hard Rock International, in Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States.

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High-low split

In traditional poker games, the player with the best traditional hand wins the whole pot.

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HORSE

H.O.R.S.E. is a multi-game form of poker commonly played at the high-stakes tables of casinos and in tournaments.

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Integer

An integer (from the Latin ''integer'' meaning "whole")Integer 's first literal meaning in Latin is "untouched", from in ("not") plus tangere ("to touch").

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Internet

The Internet is the global system of interconnected computer networks that use the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to link devices worldwide.

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Las Vegas Valley

The Las Vegas Valley is a major metropolitan area in the southern part of the U.S. state of Nevada.

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Latin American Poker Tour

The Latin American Poker Tour (LAPT) was a major poker tour in Latin America, held from 2008 to 2016.

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List of largest poker tournaments in history (by prize pool)

For the last eight years, the largest tournament in the world has been the World Series of Poker Main Event.

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National Heads-Up Poker Championship

The National Heads-Up Poker Championship was an annual poker tournament held in the United States and produced by the NBC television network.

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North American Poker Tour

The North American Poker Tour (NAPT) was a series of international poker tournaments held in North America.

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Omaha hold 'em

Omaha hold 'em (also known as Omaha holdem or simply Omaha) is a community card poker game similar to Texas hold 'em, where each player is dealt four cards and must make his or her best hand using exactly two of them, plus exactly three of the five community cards.

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Poker

Poker is a family of card games that combines gambling, strategy, and skill.

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PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

The PokerStars Caribbean Adventure is an annual televised poker tournament.

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Seven-card stud

Seven-card stud, also known as Seven-Toed Pete or Down-The-River is a variant of stud poker.

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Single-elimination tournament

A single-elimination, knockout, or sudden death tournament is a type of elimination tournament where the loser of each match-up is immediately eliminated from the tournament.

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Sponsor (commercial)

Sponsoring something (or someone) is the act of supporting an event, activity, person, or organization financially or through the provision of products or services.

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Stud poker

Stud poker is any of a number of poker variants in which each player receives a mix of face-down and face-up cards dealt in multiple betting rounds.

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Super Bowl of Poker

The Super Bowl of Poker (also known as Amarillo Slim's Super Bowl of Poker or SBOP) was the second most prestigious poker tournament in the world during the 1980s.

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Texas hold 'em

Texas hold 'em (also known as Texas holdem, hold 'em, and holdem) is a variation of the card game of poker.

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The Bicycle Hotel & Casino

The Bicycle Hotel & Casino is a poker cardroom in California.

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The United States Poker Championship

The United States Poker Championship (USPC) was a major annual stop on the poker tournament tour.

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Tournament

A tournament is a competition involving a relatively large number of competitors, all participating in a sport or game.

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Tournament director (poker)

In the game of poker, the tournament director (TD) is the individual charged with running the poker tournament.

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Walk of shame

The walk of shame refers to a situation in which a person must walk past strangers or peers alone for an embarrassing reason before reaching a place of safety and privacy.

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World Championship of Online Poker

The World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) is an online poker tournament series sponsored by PokerStars.

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World Series of Poker

The World Series of Poker (WSOP) is a series of poker tournaments held annually in Las Vegas and, since 2005, sponsored by Caesars Entertainment Corporation (known as Harrah's Entertainment until 2010).

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World Series of Poker Europe

The World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) is the first expansion effort of World Series of Poker-branded poker tournaments outside the United States.

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2003 World Series of Poker

The 2003 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was held at Binion's Horseshoe.

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2011 World Series of Poker Europe

The fifth World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) took place from October 7, 2011 to October 20, 2011.

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2012 World Series of Poker

The 2012 World Series of Poker was the 43rd annual World Series of Poker (WSOP).

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poker_tournament

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