…And The Congressman From Virginia Says ‘I Call’
There’s a lot of discussion these days about what governments, most notably ours here in the United States, are going to “do” about online gaming.
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Useful poker information:
- SHORT-STACKED - Playing with a only a small amount of money, thus limiting one's risk and reward.
- POT - The total amount of money bet so far in a hand.
- CASE - The fourth card of a particular rank, as in "he folded the case 9" when describing where all the 9s were in a hand. Comes from the game of Faro where an employee of the house, called the "case keeper". kept track of the number of each rank of card remaining.
- PASSED OUT. - A hand in which nobody opens. What happens next is a function of the game being played.
- TOP TWO PAIR - In flop games, having hole cards that make the highest possible two pair hand.
- SHARK - A good/crafty player often posing as a fish early in the game.
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