Poker Meeting Held in Florida
When the president of the Poker Players Alliance met with state legislators in Florida, the end result was a positive one for the future of online poker. Michael Bolcerek was there to present his organization’s position on online poker in a meeting that focused on many aspects of wagering, including tribal gaming issues, charitable gaming, and the exemption that horseracing is enjoying under the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act. Aspects of the regulation of Internet poker in the US were presented, including discussions on federal licensing, and the overall direction of the meeting was deemed positive.
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Poker terminology:
- IN - Still eligible to win the pot. "I'm in" is often spoken as one adds chips to the pot, calling.
- FLUSH - A poker hand consisting of five cards all one suit.
- TOURNAMENT - A highly structured game involving potentially dozens of tables where all participants pay an entry fee and obtain a fixed number of chips. Once a tournament has started, additional players may not enter. As the game progresses players bust out and are eliminated until only one winner remains.
- HIGH-LOW SPLIT - Forms of poker in which the pot is split between the best hand and best lowball hand.
- 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.
- SUICIDE KING - King of Hearts. So named because in the drawing the king appears to be stabbing himself in the head.
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