Online Poker Bill Passes Congress
The Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 has been passed by a recent vote in the US Senate, completing the process to pass it through the Congress. The US House of Representatives have already signed off on the bill, which is designed to target financial institutions that allow transactions funding accounts with online gambling sites. Tennessee Senator Bill Frist managed to get the bill attached to a Port Security bill, which essentially guaranteed that the bill would pass…
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Casino poker language:
- SPLIT [THE POT] - To split the pot between two or more players. Related term: QUARTER.
- LATE POSITION - For a particular betting round, a player who does not have to act until most of the other players have acted.
- PASSED OUT. - A hand in which nobody opens. What happens next is a function of the game being played.
- SMALL BLIND - In games with two blinds the first blind is the SMALL BLIND because it is usually one-half (or less) the second or large blind.
- SET - In Hold'em, three of a kind where two of the cards are hole cards.
- ONE-EYED - The jack of hearts, jack of spades or king of diamonds. So named because the characters are drawn in profile, thus showing only one eye.
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