Poker Website Is a Legal Gamble
WPT, producer of TV’s World Poker Tour, ventures online but has to bar U.S. residents.
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Poker jargon:
- WHEEL - A-2-3-4-5. Usually discussed in the context of lowball where it is the best possible hand. Can also refer to a 5-high straight in high games. Also: BICYCLE.
- BEE No. 92 (TM) - Trade name for the "diamond back" cards frequently used in casino games. Compare: RIDER BACK.
- MANIAC - A player who bets, raises and reraises without regard to the quality of his hand. Most often found in flop games.
- ONE-EYED - The jack of hearts, jack of spades or king of diamonds. So named because the characters are drawn in profile, thus showing only one eye.
- TABLE STAKES - A standard rule whereby during a hand players can only bet the money they have on the table. If the bet to a player is more than the player's stack, that player may call with all his chips and be eligible to win only that portion of the pot he contributed to equally. A side pot is created, for which only the remaining players may compete.
- READ - To determine whether an opponent has a good, medium or bad hand by observing his personal behavior. An inexact science.

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