Takeover talks terminated as Empire calls poker rivals bluff
Empire Online upped the stakes in the increasingly fractious world of online poker as the internet gambling group said on Monday that it had ended takeover talks with PartyGaming after the larger rival revised the terms of its bid.
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- PartyGaming Swallows Empire Poker for $250 Million
- Empire Online settles with PartyGaming
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Poker lingo:
- MUCK - [1] A collection of face-down cards near the dealer composed of discards, i.e., folded hands, burns and discards for drawing purposes. [2] To throw one's cards into the muck, thus folding.
- RUNNER-RUNNER - A hand made using both of the last two cards dealt.
- STAKE - The amount of a player's BUY-IN, or the amount of money they are willing to play with in a given session. Compare: BANKROLL.
- TO GO - The current betting level, as in "$20 to go" meaning every player must contribute $20 (total) or drop. A $10 raise would then make the pot "$30 to go".
- CUT - To break the deck into 2 stacks of at least 5 cards each. Usually performed by the player to the dealer's right to insure that the the deck is not stacked.
- SEVENTH STREET - The seventh card dealt in 7-card stud.
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