Poker News in Spanish
Online poker news and entertainment source Poker News has recently announced the launch of their Spanish language version site, Spanish Poker News, at es.pokernews.com. The launch of the Spanish version of the popular poker site follows the launch of their Estonian version just a week prior. The announcement called attention to Spanish players such as Juan Carlos Mortensen, known as “The Matador”, as an example of how much the Spanish speaking public loves poker, and how appropriate therefore was the launch of a Spanish language version of their site…
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Useful poker information:
- PAT HAND - In draw poker, a hand that does not need any more cards. Specifically, a straight, flush, full house or straight flush. One might bluff and represent a pat hand but actually hold something else.
- STACKED [DECK] - A deck that has been arranged to give one player a huge advantage. Also: RIGGED.
- TOKE - Gambling term for "tip", as in "Toke the cocktail waitress". Comes from the term "Token of appreciation".
- ROYAL FLUSH - An ace-high straight flush, the best possible hand in regular poker.
- SIDE POT - When an active player runs out of money during the course of a hand, the remaining players participate in a second or SIDE POT for the rest of the hand. Additional side pots are possible if several players run out of money at different points in a hand.
- OVER - A term used in describing two pair or a full house. "Kings over tens" means two pair, kings and tens. "Jacks over", also "Jacks up" describes a hand that is two pair: Jacks with an unspecified lower pair. Also used to describe a full house, distinguishing the three of a kind from the pair. The hand J-J-J-A-A could be described as "Full house, Jacks over Aces".
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