Poker Stars Hits Poker Milestone
One of the more relevant facts about online poker rooms is how many players are logged on at any one time. This is important for players because they want to make sure there will be enough action to make their time well spent, not to mention the more entrants into a tournament, for example, the bigger the prize pool. One of the bigger online poker sites recently hit a milestone when they recorded 100,000 poker players logged on at one time to their poker room.
Less than three years ago Poker Stars was celebrating a smaller milestone when they saw more than 10,000 players logged on simultaneously…
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Poker slang:
- STRAIGHT FLUSH - A hand consisting of 5 cards in sequence and the same suit.
- OUT - [1] A card that will improve your hand, often substantially. A hand with many OUTS is preferable to a hand with only 1 or 2. [2] Folded, ineligible to bet or win this hand. "I'm out" is often a synonym for "I fold".
- DRAW - [1] A class of poker games characterized by players being dealt 5 cards face-down and later having the opportunity to replace some of the original 5. "Draw poker" and "Five-card draw" are examples of usage. [2] In stud and Hold'em games, the set of cards that will be dealt later can be collectively called "the draw". [3] To discard some number of cards and have dealt an equal number of replacements.
- FOLD - To decline to call a bet, thus dropping out of a hand.
- FIRE - To make the first bet in a betting round. Used to emphasize that the player bet when a check was possible, showing strength.
- LAY ODDS - To give favorable odds to an opponent.

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