Online Poker Sharks Game Novel Approach

In an effort to bridge the gap between gambling online and gaming online, a 22 year-old from the United Kingdom create and launched www.PokerSharks.co.uk, the site for Poker Sharks, a novel game that is free to play and helps folks brand new to the ultra popular Texas Hold’em learn the game. The site was launched in September of 2005 and since then as seen millions of hits in just six months.

Gareth Stephens, the creator of Poker Sharks, is a graduate from Wrexham, North Wales who saved up his first year’s salary after graduating University to invest in launching the site. He hopes to entice those players who are interested in learning Texas Hold’em poker but don’t want to spend hours online…

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Sat, February 18th, 2006

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  • OPEN - Make the first bet in a hand, especially in draw poker.
  • OFFSUIT - Not of the same suit. "I held A-Q offsuit" or "The flop was 10-6-2 offsuit". When speaking of 5 or more cards, not all/ of the same suit, i.e., no flush, as in "button had A-K-10-8-7 offsuit."
  • DRAWING DEAD - A draw in which it is impossible to obtain a winning hand for any of a variety of reasons: an opponent's hand is better than whatever you are drawing to, the card(s) that make your hand are out of play, or (in Hold'em) give an opponent a stronger hand even if it makes yours. Frequently used in the past tense, since one rarely knows it at the time.
  • WHITE BLACKBIRD - A hand so astonishingly rare as to be unworthy of the opponents' consideration, e.g., being dealt a pat royal flush in 5-card draw.
  • BRODERICK CRAWFORD - In Hold'em, hole cards of 10-4. From the 1950s TV series "Highway Patrol", starring Broderick Crawford.
  • HOLE CARDS - In Stud and Hold'em, the face-down cards dealt to each player.
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