Online Poker Room Stands Firm
In the wake of the passing of the Anti-Online Gambling Act by the US Senate, many in the poker industry began speculating that the poker rooms would turn their back against US players. While some actually did so in advance of the bill’s passing, shutting off access to all customers with a US address, others, like Paradise Poker, have announced that they have no intention of leaving US market. According to the parent company of Paradise Poker, which issued a statement on the topic, they will not leave the US until banks decide to comply with the measure…
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Poker dictionary:
- MAIN POT - The main pot, as related to one or more side pots, when there are one or more all-in player(s). The main pot is the one in which all active players participate.
- BIG BOBTAIL - An open-ended 4-card straight flush.
- HIGH-LOW SPLIT - Forms of poker in which the pot is split between the best hand and best lowball hand.
- OPEN-HANDED - A category of games characterized by a part of each player's hand being exposed.
- OFFSUIT - Not of the same suit. "I held A-Q offsuit" or "The flop was 10-6-2 offsuit". When speaking of 5 or more cards, not all/ of the same suit, i.e., no flush, as in "button had A-K-10-8-7 offsuit."
- SHORT-STACKED - Playing with a only a small amount of money, thus limiting one's risk and reward.
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