Online Poker Is Big Business For Sportsbooks
Some of the best new online poker rooms, featuring independently built software that does not rely on a poker network, are currently operated by online sportsbooks. Names that are familiar to those who like to gamble on sports - Bodog, Nine, and Canbet, to name but a few, are all aggressively seeking your poker patronage as well…
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Poker dictionary:
- OPEN-ENDED STRAIGHT - Four cards to a straight which can be completed by drawing a card at either end. E.g., 6-7-8-9 is an open-ended straight. Also: BOBTAIL STRAIGHT. Compare: INSIDE STRAIGHT.
- RING GAME - A standard game where players can come and go as they choose. The opposite of TOURNAMENT.
- BOARD - The exposed cards in Hold'em and stud. Also BOARD CARDS.
- ACTION - Money that is being bet. "NO ACTION" means a hand or game has few bettors and fewer raisers. "Gimme some action" is ostensibly a plea for calls and raises.
- NO-LIMIT POKER - A game where there is no maximum bet; a player can wager any amount (perhaps above some minimum) up to whatever money is on the table in front of him.
- TOP PAIR - In flop games, having a hole card that matches the highest card on the board.
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