Dot Net Poker Sites Growing
In the United States, it is illegal to advertise gambling in a variety of forms on Television and other media outlets, yet many online poker companies are getting away with it be twisting the rules enough to avoid the hammer of the law coming down upon them.
Online poker rooms, where players from all over the world play with real money, create sister-sites with the same name but ending in dot-net instead of dot-com, and that offer only play money games or other poker related content.
The play and informational sites have come under fire by some US legislators, who point out that it is fairly easy to type in www.partypoker.com instead of partypoker.net, for example, leading a newcomer to the gambling site despite the fact it was the play site that was advertised.
In addition, the popularity of televised poker garners free advertising for the casinos in which the tournaments are held. Currently it is still legal to advertise a non-gambling poker site, and companies like PokerStars and Bodog are taking full advantage of that.
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Poker talk:
- FULL OF - Describes a full house. "Fives full of queens" is 5-5-5-Q-Q.
- LATE BLIND - In addition to "regular" blinds, some games allow a player (particularly a new one) to post a blind bet in return for the right to enter the game immediately and act last on the first betting round. The amount of the blind is determined by house rules, usually somewhere between the last blind and double the last blind. It is frequently a LIVE BLIND.
- TELL - Any personal mannerisms that reveal the quality of one's hand. E.g., constantly looking at one's hole cards is often a tell of a poor hand. (Some players, knowing this, will at times check their hole cards when they have a great hand and don't need to look.)
- SHORT-STACKED - Playing with a only a small amount of money, thus limiting one's risk and reward.
- LITTLE SLICK - In Hold'em, hole cards of A-2, suited or not.
- SUICIDE KING - King of Hearts. So named because in the drawing the king appears to be stabbing himself in the head.
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