Poker expansion fuels Sportingbet
Sportingbet came to the aid of the turbulent online gaming sector yesterday when it said growth rates for new online poker players were continuing to rise. The robust assessment came as it announced a sharp rise in pre-tax profits.
Related Online Poker and Poker Industry News:
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- Online Poker and Gaming CEO Resigns
- Sportingbet exec accuses US of ‘absurd protectionism’
- Sportingbet Continues Upward March
- SportingBet Chairman Resigns
- Sportingbet Receives Takeover Offer
- Sportingbet poker payout
- Sportingbet says chairman Peter Dicks detained by US authorities
- Online Poker Merger Talk Over
- Sportingbet Receives Approach That May Lead to Offer
- Playtech and Sportingbet Announce Earnings
- Online Poker Boosted By Sportingbet Settlement
Useful poker terms:
- FULL HOUSE - A hand consisting of 3-of-a-kind and a (different) pair.
- LATE POSITION - For a particular betting round, a player who does not have to act until most of the other players have acted.
- POT - The total amount of money bet so far in a hand.
- BOARD - The exposed cards in Hold'em and stud. Also BOARD CARDS.
- OVERPAIR - In Hold'em, a pair in the hole that is larger than any community card on the board.
- 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.
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