Italy Enacts Partial ‘Ban’ on Internet Gaming and Poker
The continuing battle rages on as to the “gray area” that Internet gaming, including online poker, operates in. While there is ongoing action in the United States government…
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Poker glossary:
- 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.
- BOARD - The exposed cards in Hold'em and stud. Also BOARD CARDS.
- OPEN - Make the first bet in a hand, especially in draw poker.
- DEAD MAN'S HAND - Generically: two pair, aces and eights. Specifically: the black aces, black eights and nine of diamonds. The hand Wild Bill Hickok was holding when he was shot to death.
- 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.
- LOCK - A hand that cannot be beat under any circumstances. Also: NUTS.
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