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In 2003, the World Poker Tour revolutionized televised poker and brought Texas Hold’em to the forefront of international excitement. Viewers of the World Poker Tour get expert commentary from hosts Mike Sexton and Vince Van Patten. The World Poker Tour has helped to reshape the face of poker and has raise the competitive bar to a new level.

As of September, 2008:

1. Which poker player has made the most WPT final tables?

2. Which player has the most WPT wins?

3. Who has won the most money at World poker Tour Events?

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1. Phil Ivey holds the record of final table appearances with eight.

2. Gus Hansen leads all players with three WPT titles.

3. Daniel Negreanu has won the most money in World Poker Tour events with $5,527,510 won, to date.

10. The year was 1990 and it marked the first year that a non-American won the World Series of Poker championship. What was his name?

11. Who is the only poker player to win a WSOP (World Series of Poker) bracelet, a WPT (World Poker Tour) title and an EPT (European Poker Title) event?

12. In what year did the WSOP award its first million dollar cash prize?

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10. Mansour Matloubi. (Hey, no one said they were all going to be easy)

11. Gavin Griffin is the only player to hold all three.

12. One million dollars was first awarded at the WSOP in 1991.

 7. In what year did the World Series of Poker (WSOP) add a Ladies World Championship to the poker menu? 

8. In 1983, this tournament director is credited with coming up the idea of the poker satellite. What was his name?

9. Who was the first WSOP main event winner to qualify through a satellite?

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7. 1982 was the year a Ladies World Championship was added.

8. Eric Drache was the tournament director.

9. Tom McEvoy won the main event in 1983 by entering through a satillite in the first year they were offered.

4. In 1973, CBS Sports televised the World Series of Poker for the first time. The WSOP was also expanded for the first time to include four preliminary events. Name them.

5. The World Series of Poker saw many changes in 1978. To start, it was the first year that the main event’s prize money was divided up, with the top five finishers all received a cash payout. It was also the first year a woman entered the WSOP. Who was she?

6. The year was 1979 and it was the first year that the World Series of Poker’s main event was won by an amateur player. What was his name?

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4. Seven-card stud, razz, deuce-to-seven draw, and a lower buy-in no limit hold’em event.

5. Barbara Freer became the first player to break the sex barrier, taking her place in what had been an all-male poker fraternity.

6. Hal Fowler was the first amateur champion.

Here are the answers to part four of my four part series on Hold ‘em poker hand nickname trivia. It covers some of the poker hand nicknames for hands without a face card.

T 9   “Countdown” Because countdowns usually start at ten…nine…

T 4   “Broderick Crawford” This comes from the television series Highway Patrol where he used to say 10-4 all the time. Also “Over and Out” or “CB hand”

T 2   “Doyle Brunson” Because Doyle won the 1976 & 1977 WSOP main events holding T2 each time.

9 8   “Oldsmobile” The Oldsmobile 98 model that was bigger than their 88 model.

9 5   “Dolly Parton” Dolly Parton starred in the movie “9 to 5″.

8 6   “Maxwell Smart” Because he was Agent 86 in the television series Get Smart.

8 4   “Orwell” Because George Orwell was the author of the book “1984″.

7 T   “Bowling Hand” The 7-10 split in bowling is one of the toughest splits to pick up.

7 8   “RPM” One of the very first record formats was a disc that spun 78 revolutions per minute. 

7 6   “Union Oil” Named after the Union 76 gas stations or “Trombones” named after the song “76 Trombones” from the movie movie “Music Man”.

7 2    “The Hammer” or “Beer Hand” This is considered the worst starting hand in holdem. It’s called the beer hand for a few reasons. One of which is, only a person full of beers would play this hand. 

5 T  “Woolworth” Because Woolworth’s was known as a five and dimes store. 

5 7  “Heinz” Because the Heinz company 57 varieties of condiments. 

4 5   “Colt 45” or “Jesse James” Because Jesse James was thought to have been shot with a .45.

2 4  “Lumberman’s Hand” A common piece of lumber is a two by four.
I hope you got them all!

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This is the last post in the four part poker hand nickname trivia series. In this post I’m including starting hands that don’t include a face card.

Poker hand nicknames for hands without face cards:

T 9  “__________”   

T 4  “_______  _______” or “______ _____ _____” or “____ _____”

T 2  “_________  ___________”

9 8  “___________” 

9 5  “_________ _______”

8 6  “_______ _________”

8 4  “_________”

7 T  “__________ _________”

7 8  “_____”

7 6  “__________ _____” or “__________”

7 2  “______  ______” or “_____ ______”

5 T  “___________”  

5 7  “_________” 

4 5  “______ ________” “________  _____”

2 4  “____________  __________” 

Look for the answers in my next post. Good luck!

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Here are the answers to part three of my four part series on Hold ‘em poker hand nickname trivia.

Hands with a queen:

Q J  “Maverick” Taken from Maverick TV show theme song, “Livin’ on jacks and queens…”

Q 9  “Quinine” Because queen 9 sounds like Quinine.

Q 7  “Computer Hand” Calculations tell us that this is the average hand.

Q 3  “San Fransisco Busboy”   “Gay waiter”

Q 3 suited  “Posh Gay Waiter”

Hands with a jack:

J 7  Jack Daniel’s (Jack Old No. 7)

J 6  “Railroad Hand” (supposedly, repeating “Jacks and sixes” sounds like a train on its tracks)

J 5  “Motown” The “Jackson Five” released their albums through the record company ‘Motown’.

J 4  “Flat Tire” Answer to the question “What’s a jack for?”.

I hope you got them all! Look for my next post where I’ll cover poker hand nicknames for starting hands without a face card in them.

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This is the third post in the four part poker hand nickname trivia series. In this post I’ll include hands with a queen or a jack in them.

Hands with a queen:

Q J  “___________” 

Q 9  “___________” 

Q 7  “___________ __________” 

Q 3  “_____ __________ ________”  “______ ________”

Q 3 suited “_____ _____ _____”
 

Hands with a jack:

J 7  “______ ________”

J 6  “_________ _____”

J 5  “_______” or “__________ _________”

J 4  “______ ______”

Look for the answers in my next post. Good luck!

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Here are the answers to part two of my four part series on Hold ‘em poker hand nickname trivia.

Hands with an ace:

A K  “Big Slick” or “Anna Kournikova” because it looks great but hardly ever wins.

AK suited  “Big slick in a suit”

A Q  “Big Chick” or “Little Slick”

A J  “Blackjack” or “Ajax” or “Jackass” 

A T  “Johnny Moss” Named after legendary poker player Johnny Moss.
 
A 8  “Dead Man’s Hand” “Wild Bill” Hickock held two pair, Aces and Eights, when he was fatally shot.

A 3  “Baskin Robbins” because of their 31 different flavors of ice cream. (an Ace is also a 1, making 31 for 31 flavors)

A 2  “Hunting Season” Aces are known as bullets and twos are known as ducks, therefore, hunting season.

Hands with a king:

K Q  “Marriage” or “Divorce” if it doesn’t hold up.

K J   Suited “Kojak” 
 
K J   Offsuit “Kojak” or “Bachelor’s Hand” because it is literally jack king off.

K T  “Katie”
 
K 9  “Canine” Because K9 sounds like Canine or “What a Dog” or “Fido”

K 8  “Kokomo” or “Kate” (Kate” for phonetic reasons)

K 3  “King Crab”

I hope you got them all! Look for my next post where I’ll cover poker hand nicknames for starting hands with a queen or a jack in them.

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This is the second post in the four part poker hand nickname trivia series. In this post I will include hands with an ace and hands with a king. Obviously, I didn’t include every possible combination, nor did I include every possible nickname for the hands listed. I went with hands that weren’t so obscure that almost no one could solve them. Such as, what is the poker hand nickname for the A9?  See the bottom of this post for that answer.

Even at that, I think you will find these very challenging and if you get them all, you should probably be on the pro tour.  (assuming you can play and don’t just know trivia)

Hands with an ace :

A K  “____ ______” or “_______  ____________”

AK suited “____  ________  ___ __ _______”

A Q  “______ ________” or “________ ________”

A J  “_____________” or “__________” or “______________” 

A T  “_________ _________” 

A 8  “_______ _____ ______” 

A 3  “____________ ___________”

A 2  “_______ _________”

Hands with a king:

K Q  “__________” or “__________” if it doesn’t hold up.

K J Suited “________”
 
K J Offsuit “_________” or “_________  _________” 

K T  “________”
 
K 9  “__________” or “_____ __ ______” or “______”

K 8  “___________”  or “______”

K 3  “______ ______”

The A9 is called the “Jesus/Chris Ferguson” because Chris beat TJ Cloutier at the final hand of the 2000 WSOP main event holding A9 against Cloutier’s Ace-Queen.

Look for the answers in my next post. Good luck!

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