Congress Busts The Online Poker Boom
The days of armchair poker players earning a seat at the World Series of Poker may soon be over, laments poker columnist Ken Adams . An Internet gaming law shoehorned into a port security bill will hamper online poker in the United States.
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Poker jargon:
- OPEN-HANDED - A category of games characterized by a part of each player's hand being exposed.
- FLAT CALL - To call a bet. Emphasizes that the caller did not raise.
- CRYING CALL - A call made with little chance of ultimately winning, but marginally better than an immediate fold.
- STUCK - Down a nontrivial amount of money, as in "he's stuck $800".
- OUT - [1] A card that will improve your hand, often substantially. A hand with many OUTS is preferable to a hand with only 1 or 2. [2] Folded, ineligible to bet or win this hand. "I'm out" is often a synonym for "I fold".
- TOP PAIR - In flop games, having a hole card that matches the highest card on the board.
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