Absolute Poker and Ultimate Bet Merger on the Cards
November 8 - The online poker fraternity is abuzz with rumors that Absolute Poker and Ultimate Bet, two of the Internet’s most popular online poker rooms, may in fact merge.
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Poker slang:
- NICKEL - Five dollars, usually represented by a red casino check.
- STAND OFF - To call a raise. "Opener raises, I stand off".
- LIVE [CARD] - In Stud, a card probably not held by other players.
- BIG BLIND - A blind bet, usually a raise of an earlier blind which would be called the SMALL BLIND. In limit poker, the BIG BLIND is usually the size of the minimum bet on the first round of betting.
- BAD-BEAT JACKPOT - In some cardrooms, a prize that is shared by the players in a game, when a very good hand (usually Aces full, or better) is beaten by a higher hand. Jackpots are usually financed by taking a drop ($1 is a common amount) from every pot. A typical division of the jackpot will give the losing hand 50 %, the winning hand 25 %, and the other players at the table share the remaining 25 % of the Jackpot.
- 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.).
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