US Online Poker Players Play

When the new US law targeting the financial transactions of online poker players went into affect, many online poker rooms began to bail out of the US market, giving up the ghost and moving on to greener pastures. Some online rooms, such as Full Tilt Poker and Poker Stars, were better able to stick around and let US players play, thanks to their status as privately held companies, and they saw good turnouts over the weekend for online tournaments. Poker Star’s Sunday Million event saw more than six thousand online players, putting together a prize pool topping $1.2 million, and Full Tilt saw massive attendance as well…

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Poker jargon:

OPEN-HANDED - A category of games characterized by a part of each player's hand being exposed.
LIMIT POKER - A poker game wherein the amount to be bet is fixed, or at most variable within a prescribed minimum and maximum. Ant.: NO-LIMIT POKER.
REBUY - [1] To purchase additional chips after an initial buy-in, usually after losing most or all of the previous buy-in. This term is most often used in certain tournaments where if one loses all one's chips, or falls below a certain minimum chip level, for an additional sum of money one can purchase a fixed amount of additional tournament chips. Usually there is a time limit (The "REBUY PERIOD") as to how long rebuys are allowed. [2] The additional chips "rebought" in tournament play.
TIGHT - [1] A style of play that entails playing fewer hands than average. Antonym: LOOSE. [2] A FULL HOUSE.
SEVENTH STREET - The seventh card dealt in 7-card stud.
MANIAC - A player who bets, raises and reraises without regard to the quality of his hand. Most often found in flop games.

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