Internet boost for poker punters
Thanks to the internet and television, poker exploded outside its US homeland in 2005, and PartyGaming chief executive Richard Segal sees technology boosting that boom further in 2006.
Internet poker took a firm hold in 2005, sparking three big London stock market flotations, generating revenues of around $2 billion and launching games and books that are now topping Christmas lists around Europe.
PartyGaming takes about half of that $2 billion pot, and it has big plans for further growth. The company is assessing acquisitions and everything from mobile phones to interactive television to access more players.
“The beauty of it all is that we’ve invented nothing new,” Mr Segal said…
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Poker slang:
- TIGHT - [1] A style of play that entails playing fewer hands than average. Antonym: LOOSE. [2] A FULL HOUSE.
- ON TILT - Playing worse (usually, more aggressively) than usual because a player has become emotionally upset.
- STRAIGHT FLUSH - A hand consisting of 5 cards in sequence and the same suit.
- KICKER TROUBLE - Not having as high a kicker as an opponent.
- FIXED LIMIT - A betting structure where the amount of each bet is a specific fixed quantity. Usually specified as A-B, where A is the amount to bet in the first few betting rounds and B (larger than A) is the amount bet in the later rounds. Related terms: FLAT LIMIT, NO LIMIT, POT LIMIT, SPREAD LIMIT.
- BELLY BUSTER - An inside straight draw. Same as GUTSHOT.
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