Poker Loses the Lead in Top Terms Searched Online

It could be a sign that the bloom has fallen off the rose for the poker industry: what was once the most popular search term on search engines around the globe, poker, has been replaced. The new word, searched for more than poker and other favorites, is “spyware.” Fear not poker players, this is not software that lets other players see your hands, but rather concerned PC users searching for a way to educate themselves and take heed against a very prevalent problem. The search activity for spyware has seen a 105 per cent over the past week, according to Lycos.

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Poker dictionary:

  • FLOP GAME - Any of a number of poker games where a flop is dealt.
  • POCKET PAIR - Generic Hold'em term for 2 hole cards of the same rank.
  • STUCK - Down a nontrivial amount of money, as in "he's stuck $800".
  • FLAT LIMIT - A variant of fixed limit where all bets are the same amount.
  • BAD GAME - Any game in which you figure to be the loser, because the other players are better than you.
  • 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.
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