Online poker captures nation
BRITAIN has perfected its poker face this year and helped the sport to explode outside its native USA.
Online poker has captured the public interest in 2005 - three companies successfully floated on the London stock market after poker players spent £1.2bn on internet gaming, and a raft of games and books have hit the shops just in time for Christmas.
The biggest winner was PartyGaming, taking around £500m in revenues and floating for around £4.6bn.
But the company has also had mixed fortunes…
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Poker argot:
- FREEROLL - [1] A poker tournament that does not charge a buy-in fee; players must earn buy-in credits through previous play at the same establishment. [2] Having a lock on part of a pot (sure to win a greater fraction of the pot than one is betting) and playing to win more or all of it.
- STACKED [DECK] - A deck that has been arranged to give one player a huge advantage. Also: RIGGED.
- POT LIMIT - A game where the maximum bet is determined by the size of the pot at the time. Note that a player wanting to raise first calls the bet, then totals the pot to determine the maximum amount he can raise.
- MISDEAL - A hand dealt incorrectly that must be re-dealt.
- BIG SLICK - In Texas Hold'em, hole cards of A-K, suited or not.
- STAKE - The amount of a player's BUY-IN, or the amount of money they are willing to play with in a given session. Compare: BANKROLL.
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