Continued Legislation Attacking Online Gaming and Poker
There is continued movement in the halls of Congress in the United States to attempt to enforce or outright ban Americans participation in online gaming and poker….
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Poker lexicon:
- BOARD - The exposed cards in Hold'em and stud. Also BOARD CARDS.
- FREEZE-OUT - A table-stakes game that continues until a small number of players (possibly only one) has all the money. The major event in The World Series of Poker is a freeze-out game.
- STUCK - Down a nontrivial amount of money, as in "he's stuck $800".
- HIT - To make a hand or catch a card or cards that improves one's hand. "I hit a gut-shot draw on the river."
- RUNNER-RUNNER - A hand made using both of the last two cards dealt.
- 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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