Online Poker May Be Affecting Social Life
In some parts of the poker news it was announced that a couple who met while playing online poker are soon to be married, but if the results of a recent survey completed in the United Kingdom are any indicator, then online poker may be hampering traditional social life, specifically social activities such as going to the pub. Long a mainstay of popular British culture, going to the pub would have ranked top of the list of things the average Brit would want to do, but the survey suggests that things are now otherwise.
The results are not hugely significant, but do suggest a change in the way of things, with nearly twenty percent of those surveyed saying they would prefer to sit at home and play online poker than go for a pint with their mates.. …
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Useful poker information:
- RACE - In tournaments it is sometimes convenient to remove all lower-denomination chips from play, as the remaining players' stacks tend to grow. Small chips are converted to larger chips and any odd chips are "raced off" in the following way: each player with odd chips places them in front of his stack and is dealt one card for each chip. Highest card (rank and suit) takes all the small chips and converts them to higher-denomination chips.
- FULL HOUSE - A hand consisting of 3-of-a-kind and a (different) pair.
- LATE POSITION - For a particular betting round, a player who does not have to act until most of the other players have acted.
- RUNNER-RUNNER - A hand made using both of the last two cards dealt.
- PASSED OUT. - A hand in which nobody opens. What happens next is a function of the game being played.
- BUTTON - A distinctive token held by the player sitting in the theoretical dealer's position, when a house dealer is used. The button rotates around the table so that every player has an opportunity to be the last to act. Also, "THE BUTTON" can refer to the player who currently has the button. ("I was the button and called the blind".) Synonyms: BUCK, PUCK.
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