China Poker Market Opens for Cryptologic
Online gambling software provider Cryptologic Inc, recently announced a venture that will bring online poker into the “high-growth, high-potential Chinese market.” The venture will run three ways, joining Cryptologic with 568 Network Inc and Brilliance Software. Friday the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was announced with Brilliance, based out of Beijing, and 568 Network, a Canadian game designer. IT skills and game development will come from Cryptologic, while Brilliance will deliver games in play for fun and play for money versions.
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Poker slang:
- MARKED CARDS - Cards that have been (illegally) altered so that their value can be read from the back.
- TO GO - The current betting level, as in "$20 to go" meaning every player must contribute $20 (total) or drop. A $10 raise would then make the pot "$30 to go".
- PAY OFF - Calling a bet with little expectation of winning, unless the opponent is bluffing.
- MUCK - [1] A collection of face-down cards near the dealer composed of discards, i.e., folded hands, burns and discards for drawing purposes. [2] To throw one's cards into the muck, thus folding.
- FOUR OF A KIND - A hand containing all four cards of the same rank.
- BUTTON - A distinctive token held by the player sitting in the theoretical dealer's position, when a house dealer is used. The button rotates around the table so that every player has an opportunity to be the last to act. Also, "THE BUTTON" can refer to the player who currently has the button. ("I was the button and called the blind".) Synonyms: BUCK, PUCK.
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