World Poker Association Welcomes Swedish Poker Federation as First Organizational Member

The World Poker Association , www.wpapoker.com, the non-profit governing body of tournament poker worldwide, announced today the induction of its first organizational member, the Swedish Poker Federation.

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Poker dictionary:

TAP - In no-limit games, to wager all of one's money in one bet.
FLOORMAN - The casino representative in charge of the card room or a section of a card room. Arbitrates disputes when unusual events happen.
CHASE - To continue in a hand, often at poor odds, in the hopes of catching a much better hand. "He called, chasing the flush.".
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".
STUCK - Down a nontrivial amount of money, as in "he's stuck $800".
LATE BLIND - In addition to "regular" blinds, some games allow a player (particularly a new one) to post a blind bet in return for the right to enter the game immediately and act last on the first betting round. The amount of the blind is determined by house rules, usually somewhere between the last blind and double the last blind. It is frequently a LIVE BLIND.

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