Online Poker Room Folds
PokerShare.com, which burst onto the online poker scene a couple of months ago with the usual bravura marketing campaigns (attempting to buy the rights to rename a small American town “pokershare”), has closed down in another online poker feud of epic proportions. The main player in this battle is Excapsa, which operates Ultimate Bet, and is the parent company of the licensor that shut down PokerShare players’ accounts.
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Poker glossary:
- CHASE - To continue in a hand, often at poor odds, in the hopes of catching a much better hand. "He called, chasing the flush.".
- HOLE CARDS - In Stud and Hold'em, the face-down cards dealt to each player.
- SEMI-BLUFF - To bluff with a come hand that figures to win if it hits.
- SPREAD LIMIT - A variation on fixed limit wherein the minimum and maximum bets are different. A 1-4-8 game allows bets from 1 to 4 in the early rounds and 1-8 in the last round. A 1-4-8-16 game allows bets from 1 to 4 in the early rounds, 1 to 8 in the next-to-last round, and 1 to 16 in the last round.
- PAT - Holding or being dealt a pat hand. "I'm pat" would mean "I don't want to draw any cards.
- DRAWING DEAD - A draw in which it is impossible to obtain a winning hand for any of a variety of reasons: an opponent's hand is better than whatever you are drawing to, the card(s) that make your hand are out of play, or (in Hold'em) give an opponent a stronger hand even if it makes yours. Frequently used in the past tense, since one rarely knows it at the time.
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