PokerStars Named Operator Of The Year
Hollywood has the Academy Awards, the music industry has the Grammys, there are even award shows for video games! The online gaming industry does have its form of a yearly awards…
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Poker slang:
- SHILL - A card room employee who plays with House money, and does not share in any of his (her) winnings or losses. Shills are used to facilitate starting games, and keeping them going. Compare: PROP.
- CASE - The fourth card of a particular rank, as in "he folded the case 9" when describing where all the 9s were in a hand. Comes from the game of Faro where an employee of the house, called the "case keeper". kept track of the number of each rank of card remaining.
- BOAT - A FULL HOUSE, three of a kind and a pair.
- RAKE - Money taken from each pot and given to the house in return for hosting the game. Usually a percentage of the pot (5%-10%) up to some maximum amount.
- RAINBOW - In flop games, a flop in which no two cards are of the same suit. "The flop was A 9 7 rainbow."
- SIXTH STREET - The sixth card dealt in 7-card stud.
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