Poker Parties - Part 2
This week Indiana lawmakers and researchers from Purdue will meet to talk about families and gambling. One sure topic will be poker and its tremendous popularity among young Hoosiers.
Related Poker Industry News:
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- Audit questions Md. spending on poker, cruises, parties
- CelebPoker Declairs Talent Serach a Success
- Compulsive Poker Playing Linked to Physical Cause
- Trent Tucker Celebrity Golf & Poker Tournament and Celebrity Parties
- Two Online Poker Rooms Stay by Playtech
- Ben Affleck’s Democratic Convention Plan: Poker!
- Travel Channel to Air Professional Poker Tour
- Officials: Man with wild past caused SMU student’s death
- Risk of robbery can raise the stakes at private poker parties
- The Lady is a Champ - Interview with Mary Jones, Part Two
- Absolute Poker Situation: Q&A with Nat Arem, Part 2
Poker talk:
- MISDEAL - A hand dealt incorrectly that must be re-dealt.
- AMERICAN AIRLINES - In Hold'em, a pair of Aces in the hole. Better known (at least in rec.gambling) as POCKET ROCKETS.
- PROP - Also PROPOSITION PLAYER. An employee of the gaming establishment whose primary purpose is to keep enough players at a table to prevent breaking up the game for lack of players. Unlike SHILLs "props" make a small hourly wage but play with their own money, winning or losing based on their skill.
- SEMI-BLUFF - To bluff with a come hand that figures to win if it hits.
- POT - The total amount of money bet so far in a hand.
- HOLE CARDS - In Stud and Hold'em, the face-down cards dealt to each player.
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