SportingBet Chairman Resigns
After his arrest last week in New York and facing further legal action later this month, Peter Dicks, the chairman of SportingBet (the ownership behind Paradise Poker….
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Poker talk:
- KICKER TROUBLE - Not having as high a kicker as an opponent.
- REBUY - [1] To purchase additional chips after an initial buy-in, usually after losing most or all of the previous buy-in. This term is most often used in certain tournaments where if one loses all one's chips, or falls below a certain minimum chip level, for an additional sum of money one can purchase a fixed amount of additional tournament chips. Usually there is a time limit (The "REBUY PERIOD") as to how long rebuys are allowed. [2] The additional chips "rebought" in tournament play.
- BEE No. 92 (TM) - Trade name for the "diamond back" cards frequently used in casino games. Compare: RIDER BACK.
- PASS - Opposite of bet. To check, if checked to. To fold, if bet to.
- CASE - The fourth card of a particular rank, as in "he folded the case 9" when describing where all the 9s were in a hand. Comes from the game of Faro where an employee of the house, called the "case keeper". kept track of the number of each rank of card remaining.
- JOKER - A 53rd card in the deck, distinct from the others, used as a wild card or as a BUG.
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