Harrah’s Partners with Glu for Mobile Poker Content
Harrah’s is taking yet another step in furthering it’s giant gaming conglomerate with the recent announcement of its partnership with Glu Mobile. Already a behemoth of a company, with numerous gaming properties, not to mention owning the rights to the World Series of Poker, Harrah’s is now moving into the arena of mobile phone gaming.
Its new partner, Glu Mobile, is no small company either. A leading developer and global publisher of mobile entertainment, Glu counts Atari, Cartoon Network, FOX Sports, and Twentieth Century Fox…
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Useful poker terms:
- 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.
- CHECK RAISE - To check initially, then raise a bet made later on in the same betting round. Frequently a sign of strength, but may be a bluff.
- OPEN-ENDED STRAIGHT - Four cards to a straight which can be completed by drawing a card at either end. E.g., 6-7-8-9 is an open-ended straight. Also: BOBTAIL STRAIGHT. Compare: INSIDE STRAIGHT.
- BARN - A FULL HOUSE, three of a kind and a pair.
- RIDER BACK (TM) - A brand of playing cards that feature a bicycle rider on the back of the cards. Often used in home games. Compare: BEE No. 92.
- NUT / NUTS - The best possible hand of a given class. Not a LOCK unless all cards have been dealt. The "nut flush" is the highest possible flush, but might still lose to, e.g., a full house. Usually used in Hold'em games.
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