The Ayn Rand Institute Weighs in on the Online Gambling Bill
It should come as no surprise that the Ayn Rand Institute has formally weighed in against the UIGEA. In a press release issued this month, executive director Dr. Yaron Brook called the measure ‘an infringement on our rights.’…
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Poker lingo:
- OVERPAIR - In Hold'em, a pair in the hole that is larger than any community card on the board.
- COMPUTER HAND - Texas Hold'em hole cards of Q-7 offsuit. More generically, any hand that computer analysis/simulation determines is positive but turns out to be difficult to play in practice.
- SEMI-BLUFF - To bluff with a come hand that figures to win if it hits.
- FAMILY POT - A pot where all of the players at the table are participating, even after each has had an opportunity to act.
- TABLE STAKES - A standard rule whereby during a hand players can only bet the money they have on the table. If the bet to a player is more than the player's stack, that player may call with all his chips and be eligible to win only that portion of the pot he contributed to equally. A side pot is created, for which only the remaining players may compete.
- LOOSE - Playing more hands than the norm. Antonym: TIGHT.
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