Iowa Poker Players Oppose Internet Gambling Legislation
In response to the recently scheduled “field hearing” on the issue of Internet gambling hosted by Rep. Jim Leach and Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist in Cedar Rapids tomorrow, Michael Bolcerek, president of the Poker Players Alliance a grassroots organization of more than 100,000 members, released the following statement:
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Poker talk:
- FULL OF - Describes a full house. "Fives full of queens" is 5-5-5-Q-Q.
- LIVE [CARD] - In Stud, a card probably not held by other players.
- REPRESENT - Implying, by one's betting style, that one has a particular hand.
- RACE - In tournaments it is sometimes convenient to remove all lower-denomination chips from play, as the remaining players' stacks tend to grow. Small chips are converted to larger chips and any odd chips are "raced off" in the following way: each player with odd chips places them in front of his stack and is dealt one card for each chip. Highest card (rank and suit) takes all the small chips and converts them to higher-denomination chips.
- FREEROLL - [1] A poker tournament that does not charge a buy-in fee; players must earn buy-in credits through previous play at the same establishment. [2] Having a lock on part of a pot (sure to win a greater fraction of the pot than one is betting) and playing to win more or all of it.
- STAKE - The amount of a player's BUY-IN, or the amount of money they are willing to play with in a given session. Compare: BANKROLL.
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