Global Online Poker Firms Hold Back
When the US Congress passed a recent bill that would seriously hamper online poker play for US residents, they impacted more than their own citizens. Around the globe online gambling outfits - both poker and other forms, such as casinos - are taking care just exactly how they present their face in advertising, and to whom. Austrian online gambling outfit Bwin, for example, had its ads banned in parts of Germany, such as Bremen…
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Useful poker terms:
- OPEN-HANDED - A category of games characterized by a part of each player's hand being exposed.
- FREEROLL - [1] A poker tournament that does not charge a buy-in fee; players must earn buy-in credits through previous play at the same establishment. [2] Having a lock on part of a pot (sure to win a greater fraction of the pot than one is betting) and playing to win more or all of it.
- KICKER - In hands containing pairs and trips, the highest card not matched. In draw games, sometimes a card kept for deception purposes.
- BICYCLE - The best possible low hand: A-2-3-4-5. More common term: WHEEL.
- HIGH-LOW SPLIT - Forms of poker in which the pot is split between the best hand and best lowball hand.
- LOOSE - Playing more hands than the norm. Antonym: TIGHT.
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