Online Gaming Has Uphill Battle with New Senate Majority Leader
Online gaming advocates were high fiving after the mid-term elections as many of their mostly Republican foes were unseated. But this was an admittedly small battle in the war to undo the UIGEA. If online poker is to win the war…
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Poker lingo:
- SCOOP - To take all of a pot that is normally split, either by winning both halves outright or winning one half when no players qualify for the other half.
- CUT - To break the deck into 2 stacks of at least 5 cards each. Usually performed by the player to the dealer's right to insure that the the deck is not stacked.
- TRIPS - Three of a kind. In Hold'em the term SET is used when two of the three cards are hole cards.
- BAD GAME - Any game in which you figure to be the loser, because the other players are better than you.
- BET - To put money into the pot, pursuant to the rules of the game, thus maintaining a chance of winning the pot.
- GOOD GAME - A game with players worse than you so that you can expect to win a lot of money.
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