Is Duplicate Poker the Answer to US Online Poker Issue?
When the UIGEA hit the books this Autumn, online poker rooms hit the ground running. Most of them being public firms have left the US market, anyway, even though some private firms held tight in US waters. One fellow thinks he has the answer, in the form of something he calls Duplicate Poker…
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- Duplicate poker has arrived
Poker glossary:
- RAISE - To wager more than the minimum required to call, forcing other players to put in more money as well.
- MARKED CARDS - Cards that have been (illegally) altered so that their value can be read from the back.
- SET - In Hold'em, three of a kind where two of the cards are hole cards.
- STRAIGHT FLUSH - A hand consisting of 5 cards in sequence and the same suit.
- BLACK - When referring to chips, black usually stands for $100 casino chips. "This guy sits down with a stack of blacks and raises the first bet." Not ALL casinos use black for $100 but that is the common usage.
- ALL-IN - To have all of one's chips in the pot. A player who is all-in cannot be forced out of the pot by more betting, but is only eligible to win that portion of the pot he has contributed to. Generally, a SIDE POT is created each time a player is all-in.
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