Australian Sportsbook Branches Out To Add Online Poker
The online gambling market is hotter than ever, and there is no doubt that poker is leading the pack, at least in terms of popularity and visibility, and online bookmaker Betcorp is looking to add a little poker power to its own books soon. The Melbourne based company runs its sportsbook websites from Antigua, which is in the Caribbean, and Toronto, and recently outlines a plan to try and sway sports punters to give a bit of online poker play a chance.
The company chairman, David Hudd, was saying that the company wants to reduce its overall reliance on sports betting. The current model has sports betting as more than 60 percent of its gross revenues, and the outfit is hoping to reduce that dependency by cross selling poker to its customers….
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Useful poker terms:
- ACTION - Money that is being bet. "NO ACTION" means a hand or game has few bettors and fewer raisers. "Gimme some action" is ostensibly a plea for calls and raises.
- ANTE - A small bet all players are required to make before a hand is dealt. Not all games have an ante. Related terms: BLIND, FORCED BET.
- SHOWDOWN - The point at the end of the hand where all active players reveal their cards and the pot is awarded to the winner(s).
- 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.).
- LOWBALL - Generic term for poker where the lowest hand wins.
- TAP - In no-limit games, to wager all of one's money in one bet.
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