Tournament play

18 terms in Poker.

All-in

A bet or call that puts all of a player's remaining chips at risk.

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Bag and tag

To finish a tournament day with chips that are sealed and recorded for the next day of play.

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Bracelet

The trophy awarded to the winner of a World Series of Poker event.

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Bracelet event

A World Series of Poker tournament that awards a bracelet to its winner.

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Chip count

The number of tournament chips a player has.

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Clock

A request for tournament staff to limit how long a player may keep deciding.

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Day 2

A later scheduled day of the same tournament.

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Double-up

A win that roughly doubles a player's chip stack.

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Final table

The last table of players remaining in a tournament.

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Hand-for-hand

A tournament procedure in which every table completes one hand before any table begins the next.

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ICM

Independent Chip Model, a method for estimating the cash value of a tournament chip stack.

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Laddering

Moving up to a higher payout by surviving while others are eliminated.

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Main Event

The flagship no-limit Texas hold’em tournament of the World Series of Poker.

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Min-cash

The smallest prize paid to a player who finishes in the money.

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Payout structure

The schedule showing how prize money is divided by finishing place.

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Rail

The boundary around a poker area and, by extension, the spectators watching from it.

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Railbird

A spectator who watches poker from the rail.

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The bubble

The stage just before the remaining players in a tournament begin winning prize money.

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