Poker Business Booms on the Web
Blame it all on a Tennessee accountant with a name not even Hollywood would have had the gall to hang on him. Blame Chris Moneymaker for the hand-wringing in the halls of Congress, the fight for the soul of America’s youth and the dodging and feinting here at the World Series of Poker which borders on the absurd. Blame him for the Internet poker boom and the storm gathering over the
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Useful poker terms:
- SIXTH STREET - The sixth card dealt in 7-card stud.
- NUT / NUTS - The best possible hand of a given class. Not a LOCK unless all cards have been dealt. The "nut flush" is the highest possible flush, but might still lose to, e.g., a full house. Usually used in Hold'em games.
- DRAW OUT - To catch a card that improves your situation from a losing hand to a winning hand, especially when you beat someone holding a hand that usually figures to win.
- FLOP GAME - Any of a number of poker games where a flop is dealt.
- LOOSE - Playing more hands than the norm. Antonym: TIGHT.
- FREE CARD - A card dealt after all players checked in a betting round.
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