Poker boosts Partygaming profits
Partygaming reports a surge in half-year profits, boosted by demand for its poker games and casinos.
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Poker jargon:
- COMPUTER HAND - Texas Hold'em hole cards of Q-7 offsuit. More generically, any hand that computer analysis/simulation determines is positive but turns out to be difficult to play in practice.
- IMPLIED ODDS - A refinement to POT ODDS which includes money not yet in the pot. Considers the potential extra bets and winnings made when a player forms a very good hand.
- WALK - A pot won by the last blind when no one opens.
- MANIAC - A player who bets, raises and reraises without regard to the quality of his hand. Most often found in flop games.
- OPEN - Make the first bet in a hand, especially in draw poker.
- HIGH-LOW SPLIT - Forms of poker in which the pot is split between the best hand and best lowball hand.
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