Poker boost for Partygaming

Partygaming sees first quarter revenues rise by 54% following a big increase in people playing poker online.

BURN - To discard the top card of the deck prior to dealing, usually done for every dealing round except the first. The theory being that if somehow the cards are marked (illegally) no one will know what card will next be dealt, only what card will be burned. This makes marked cards less of an advantage, hence tends to reduce cheating.
PROP - Also PROPOSITION PLAYER. An employee of the gaming establishment whose primary purpose is to keep enough players at a table to prevent breaking up the game for lack of players. Unlike SHILLs "props" make a small hourly wage but play with their own money, winning or losing based on their skill.
PASSED OUT. - A hand in which nobody opens. What happens next is a function of the game being played.
COMMUNITY CARDS - Cards that are available for every player to use in making a hand. Usually dealt face up somewhere in the middle of the table.
FILL - To draw a card that makes a five-card hand (straight, flush, full house, straight flush).
OPENERS - Cards in a hand that qualify a player to open the betting.

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