U. S. Government Widening Attack On Online Poker and Gaming
After initial attacks on the online sports betting industry during the summer of 2006, the U. S. Department of Justice has been expanding their reach. After the passage of the Unlawful Internet Gaming Enforcement Act in October, several sports books and
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Poker talk:
- OFFSUIT - Not of the same suit. "I held A-Q offsuit" or "The flop was 10-6-2 offsuit". When speaking of 5 or more cards, not all/ of the same suit, i.e., no flush, as in "button had A-K-10-8-7 offsuit."
- 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.
- TRIPS - Three of a kind. In Hold'em the term SET is used when two of the three cards are hole cards.
- COLD CALL - Calling both a bet and raise at the same time, as opposed to calling a bet then later calling a raise made after the call.
- PAY STATION - A player who rarely folds, thus who frequently calls better hands and loses. Almost as much fun as a LIVE ONE.
- FLAT CALL - To call a bet. Emphasizes that the caller did not raise.
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