Professional Poker Players React to Online Gambling Bill
Over the past several weeks I asked have asked dozens of professional poker players their reaction to the recently passed internet gaming law. What I actually asked each player was…
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Poker lingo:
- CHECK RAISE - To check initially, then raise a bet made later on in the same betting round. Frequently a sign of strength, but may be a bluff.
- LIVE [CARD] - In Stud, a card probably not held by other players.
- 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.
- LAY ODDS - To give favorable odds to an opponent.
- RAINBOW - In flop games, a flop in which no two cards are of the same suit. "The flop was A 9 7 rainbow."
- STRING BET - An unethical and often illegal means of raising whereby a player puts a call-size stack of chips into the pot and, after observing the reactions of the players, then goes back to his stack and puts out more, thus raising.
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