Poker And Gambling Top Watchdog Named

One of the biggest concerns poker players and other gamblers have when playing online is security. They want to know they can trust the site that is handling their money and running the software the players are using. That is where regulatory companies come in, and one of them eCOGRA, was recently named Top Watchdog of the online gaming industry.

The voluntary gaming regulatory agency eCOGRA (which stands for eCommerce Online Gaming Regulation and Assurance) received this recognition by Gambling Online Magazine, whose readers voted on the candidates for the award…

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Poker talk:

STRAIGHT - A hand consisting of 5 cards in sequence but not in suit.
BIG SLICK - In Texas Hold'em, hole cards of A-K, suited or not.
CASE - The fourth card of a particular rank, as in "he folded the case 9" when describing where all the 9s were in a hand. Comes from the game of Faro where an employee of the house, called the "case keeper". kept track of the number of each rank of card remaining.
BLUFF - To make a bet or raise with a poor hand, in hope that the remaining active player(s) will fold.
FIFTH STREET - In stud poker, the fifth card to be dealt to each player. Sometimes used to refer to the last card dealt in Hold'em, although the more common term for this is RIVER (q.v.).
DEAD MAN'S HAND - Generically: two pair, aces and eights. Specifically: the black aces, black eights and nine of diamonds. The hand Wild Bill Hickok was holding when he was shot to death.

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