Online Poker Room Offers American Themed Event
When the pressure turned up on online poker rooms in recent weeks, thanks to the bill that has just became law calling for banks to block online gambling transactions, many poker rooms announced that they will soon be leaving the US market. Perhaps as a way to smooth things over with their US customers, which typically make up some eighty percent of the players online, rooms such as Pacific Poker are offering American-themed events. Pacific Poker is hosting the Great American 50 Stars event, where fifty prizes are up for grabs, including the use of a Corvette…
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Poker dictionary:
- PAT - Holding or being dealt a pat hand. "I'm pat" would mean "I don't want to draw any cards.
- FULL HOUSE - A hand consisting of 3-of-a-kind and a (different) pair.
- ALL-IN - To have all of one's chips in the pot. A player who is all-in cannot be forced out of the pot by more betting, but is only eligible to win that portion of the pot he has contributed to. Generally, a SIDE POT is created each time a player is all-in.
- POT - The total amount of money bet so far in a hand.
- INSIDE STRAIGHT - Four cards to a straight, where only one rank will complete the hand. E.g., 4-5-6-8 is an inside straight since only a 7 will fill (i.e., complete) the hand. Often called a GUT-SHOT. Compare: BOBTAIL STRAIGHT, OPEN-ENDED STRAIGHT.
- RUNNER-RUNNER - A hand made using both of the last two cards dealt.
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