Poker Expo Still A Go
With recent rumblings in the poker and gambling industry, it is good to see that one poker event will still be held. The Poker Industry Convention and Expo will be held December third and fourth in Costa Rica. Poker has become such a hot button topic that it is no surprise there are nearly as many stories about poker rooms being shut down by the law as there are of new rooms opening online…
Related Poker Industry News:
- The California Gaming Expo Cancelled
- Malta Poker Events announces Poker Seminar and Gaming Expo 2009
- Malta Poker Events Announces Poker Seminar & Gaming Expo 2009
- World Series of Poker Joins G2E Global Gaming Expo
- Sixth annual European i-Gaming Congress and Expo Begins
- World Poker Tour at Gaming Life Expo
- Perks and Picks: All-Star Gaming Expo, Railroad Pass adds Poker
- Doyle Brunson Creates Buzz at the Recently Concluded Poker Industry Expo Held in Beautiful Costa Rica
- ‘Man vs. Machine’ Poker Match Scheduled for WSOP Expo in July
- Harrah’s Eyes Possible Online Poker Venture
- The World Poker Store Advisory Board at the WSOP
- October Intersting Month in Online Casinos
Poker slang:
- BAD-BEAT JACKPOT - In some cardrooms, a prize that is shared by the players in a game, when a very good hand (usually Aces full, or better) is beaten by a higher hand. Jackpots are usually financed by taking a drop ($1 is a common amount) from every pot. A typical division of the jackpot will give the losing hand 50 %, the winning hand 25 %, and the other players at the table share the remaining 25 % of the Jackpot.
- LIMIT POKER - A poker game wherein the amount to be bet is fixed, or at most variable within a prescribed minimum and maximum. Ant.: NO-LIMIT POKER.
- NUT / NUTS - The best possible hand of a given class. Not a LOCK unless all cards have been dealt. The "nut flush" is the highest possible flush, but might still lose to, e.g., a full house. Usually used in Hold'em games.
- EDGE - An advantage over an opponent, either specific or subjective.
- RAGS - Board cards that are small, not suited and not in sequence, e.g., 9-5-2. When "rags flop", it is unlikely that anyone has a good hand, except possibly the big blind in an unraised pot.
- FAVORITE - Before all the cards are dealt, a hand that figures to be the winner. Ant: UNDERDOG.
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