British Pubs Greelighted for Poker
The United Kingdom has taken a different track than the United States when it comes to dealing with online poker, and it looks like they may continue the trend with live poker as well. In many towns and hamlets across England pub owners wanted to offer poker in their establishments with no strings attached, and it looks like they might finally get their way. Currently only pubs with a special permit from their local council are allowed to do offer poker, but with the new Gambling Act pubs will no longer be required to have a special permit for the games from next Autumn.
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Poker lingo:
- FREEZE-OUT - A table-stakes game that continues until a small number of players (possibly only one) has all the money. The major event in The World Series of Poker is a freeze-out game.
- POT LIMIT - A game where the maximum bet is determined by the size of the pot at the time. Note that a player wanting to raise first calls the bet, then totals the pot to determine the maximum amount he can raise.
- ROLLED UP - In seven-card stud, being dealt three of a kind in the first three cards.
- FULL HOUSE - A hand consisting of 3-of-a-kind and a (different) pair.
- 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.
- INSIDE STRAIGHT - Four cards to a straight, where only one rank will complete the hand. E.g., 4-5-6-8 is an inside straight since only a 7 will fill (i.e., complete) the hand. Often called a GUT-SHOT. Compare: BOBTAIL STRAIGHT, OPEN-ENDED STRAIGHT.
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