Tournament play
18 terms in Poker.
A bet or call that puts all of a player's remaining chips at risk.
Bag and tagTo finish a tournament day with chips that are sealed and recorded for the next day of play.
BraceletThe trophy awarded to the winner of a World Series of Poker event.
Bracelet eventA World Series of Poker tournament that awards a bracelet to its winner.
Chip countThe number of tournament chips a player has.
ClockA request for tournament staff to limit how long a player may keep deciding.
Day 2A later scheduled day of the same tournament.
Double-upA win that roughly doubles a player's chip stack.
Final tableThe last table of players remaining in a tournament.
Hand-for-handA tournament procedure in which every table completes one hand before any table begins the next.
ICMIndependent Chip Model, a method for estimating the cash value of a tournament chip stack.
LadderingMoving up to a higher payout by surviving while others are eliminated.
Main EventThe flagship no-limit Texas hold’em tournament of the World Series of Poker.
Min-cashThe smallest prize paid to a player who finishes in the money.
Payout structureThe schedule showing how prize money is divided by finishing place.
RailThe boundary around a poker area and, by extension, the spectators watching from it.
RailbirdA spectator who watches poker from the rail.
The bubbleThe stage just before the remaining players in a tournament begin winning prize money.