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 talk:
- LIVE BLIND - The last and largest blind bet may or may not be LIVE. If LIVE, the blind bettor has the option of "raising" his own blind in the event the bet is called around to him. This is normal, and is sometimes referred to as "blinds are live".
- RIVER - The last card dealt in a hand of stud or Hold'em.
- JOKER - A 53rd card in the deck, distinct from the others, used as a wild card or as a BUG.
- LIVE ONE - The best kind of opponent, a poor player with a lot of money to lose and in a hurry to lose it.
- POT ODDS - The amount of money in the pot divided by the amount of money you must bet in order to call. Often used to determine if a pot offers enough reward to play on the come.
- RAIL - A barrier dividing the card playing area from a public area.
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