Online Poker Rooms Consider Public Stock Listings

The online poker gold rush continues to gather momentum and the operators of poker sites such as <b>Poker Stars</b> and <b>Full Tilt Poker</b> are once again the subject of IPO rumors from London. If Poker Stars goes public the company is expected to be able to raise a staggering $3 billion, while Full Tilt has emerged as the biggest and most viable new online poker room…

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Poker slang:

CHASE - To continue in a hand, often at poor odds, in the hopes of catching a much better hand. "He called, chasing the flush.".
STAND OFF - To call a raise. "Opener raises, I stand off".
LAY ODDS - To give favorable odds to an opponent.
STRAIGHT FLUSH - A hand consisting of 5 cards in sequence and the same suit.
WORLD SERIES OF POKER - A series of several different poker games with relatively large buy-ins, culminating in a $10,000 buy-in no-limit Hold'em tournament, the winner of which is crowned the World Poker Champion. Sponsored by Binion's Horseshoe Club in Las Vegas.
FORCED BET - In some stud games a player may be required to make a bet to start the action on the first card. This is similar conceptually to blinds and antes, but in this case is dependent on the cards shown rather than player position. Usually the weakest hand is forced to bet.

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