PartyGaming Rebounds After Skins Split
PartyGaming, owner of the internet’s largest online poker room, Party Poker, saw its shares (PRTY.L) jump 10% today after it announced that its strategic split with its partners, or “skins,” had resulted in increased poker growth.
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- Poker Room Acquires Skin
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- PartyGaming Considering Empire Poker Purchase
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- Absolute Poker Slips Into Its New Skin
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Poker lexicon:
- TAPPED [OUT] - Out of money. Can refer to a player running out of money in the course of a hand, thus still active for the main pot; or can refer to a player who has lost his bankroll and can no longer play.
- PAY STATION - A player who rarely folds, thus who frequently calls better hands and loses. Almost as much fun as a LIVE ONE.
- CHASE - To continue in a hand, often at poor odds, in the hopes of catching a much better hand. "He called, chasing the flush.".
- RING GAME - A standard game where players can come and go as they choose. The opposite of TOURNAMENT.
- RUNNER-RUNNER - A hand made using both of the last two cards dealt.
- LIVE ONE - The best kind of opponent, a poor player with a lot of money to lose and in a hurry to lose it.
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