UK Poker For New Year Big Industry
In 2005 there was a lot of movement in the poker industry, with new poker sites being created and launched, poker affiliates coming out of the woodwork, old poker companies of a few years going public and battling out in court over issues; thats not counting the actual games of poker being played and the money made from poker TV and advertising. This year promises much of the same and is a pivotal year for poker in the UK, with the 2005 poker and gambling legislation going into effect in 2007, allowing online poker companies to be based in the UK, the state of poker will be under close scrutiny by the people of the United Kingdom.. …
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Poker terminology:
- TRIP - Three of a specific kind, as in "Trip sixes".
- FLUSH - A poker hand consisting of five cards all one suit.
- BIG BOBTAIL - An open-ended 4-card straight flush.
- FAVORITE - Before all the cards are dealt, a hand that figures to be the winner. Ant: UNDERDOG.
- FLAT CALL - To call a bet. Emphasizes that the caller did not raise.
- LIVE [CARD] - In Stud, a card probably not held by other players.
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