Ladbrokes continues to fight Dutch state betting monopoly
The row between UK betting group Ladbrokes and the Dutch government over cross border provision of online gambling services is becoming increasingly bitter and heated, with the betting company now about to complain to the European Commission after losing an appeal case in the Netherlands preventing it from accepting bids from Dutch citizens.
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Poker jargon:
- FLAT LIMIT - A variant of fixed limit where all bets are the same amount.
- CARDS SPEAK - Winner(s) of the hand are determined by turning their cards face up, the best hand(s) wins (no declaration).
- KICKER - In hands containing pairs and trips, the highest card not matched. In draw games, sometimes a card kept for deception purposes.
- BACK DOOR - Applies to a hand that was made in the last card or two, specifically not a hand the player was originally planning on having. Most often applied to straights and flushes.
- FOURTH STREET - In stud poker, the fourth card dealt to each player. Sometimes used to refer to the fourth community card dealt in Hold'em, although the more common term for this is TURN (q.v.).
- FLOP - [1] In Hold'em, the first three community cards, dealt simultaneously. [2] To deal a flop, or to make a hand on a flop. "I flopped trips".
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