Anti Gambling Crusade a Bad Bet
Online gambling is already illegal in the United States. Proprietors of gaming sites are all incorporated overseas. Yet Internet wagering is still a $12 billion industry.History has shown us that prohibiting private, consensual behavior has never made that behavior go away. Because consensual crimes take no victims, vice laws are difficult to enforce. Police have to use informers and undercover work and sometimes need to break the very laws they’re trying to enforce.Consequently, America’s vario
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Poker terminology:
- TURN - The fourth community card in Hold'em.
- RAGS - Board cards that are small, not suited and not in sequence, e.g., 9-5-2. When "rags flop", it is unlikely that anyone has a good hand, except possibly the big blind in an unraised pot.
- BET - To put money into the pot, pursuant to the rules of the game, thus maintaining a chance of winning the pot.
- SHARK - A good/crafty player often posing as a fish early in the game.
- PASSED OUT. - A hand in which nobody opens. What happens next is a function of the game being played.
- TOURNAMENT - A highly structured game involving potentially dozens of tables where all participants pay an entry fee and obtain a fixed number of chips. Once a tournament has started, additional players may not enter. As the game progresses players bust out and are eliminated until only one winner remains.
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