Online Poker Dispute Settled
Online poker software company Excapsa has recently seen a successful float and IPO on the London stock market, and has followed up this good news by settling a dispute with online poker room Pokershare. The confidential agreement reportedly settles any differences between the poker room and the softare company, which included an argument that erupted when Excapsa excluded Pokershares online poker room from its poker playing network. Pokershare threatened legal action at the time, back in November of last year.
In an interesting, if not ironic, turn of events, not only has the dispute been settled but the CEO of Pokershare, Lucan Toh, said his company will be investing in Excapsa, stating that they found the company to be a very well run outfit, and that the wish them well….
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Poker glossary:
- DOOR [CARD] - A player's first upcard in stud games.
- LIVE ONE - The best kind of opponent, a poor player with a lot of money to lose and in a hurry to lose it.
- SPLIT [OPENERS] - In draw poker, to discard one or more openers, usually to draw to a straight or flush. Normally requires the opener to declare the act and retain the discards so that the act of opening can later be validated.
- FLUSH - A poker hand consisting of five cards all one suit.
- BIG SLICK - In Texas Hold'em, hole cards of A-K, suited or not.
- OVER - A term used in describing two pair or a full house. "Kings over tens" means two pair, kings and tens. "Jacks over", also "Jacks up" describes a hand that is two pair: Jacks with an unspecified lower pair. Also used to describe a full house, distinguishing the three of a kind from the pair. The hand J-J-J-A-A could be described as "Full house, Jacks over Aces".
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