American Gaming Association Casts Doubt over Online Poker Exemption
Many online poker players and industry members are holding out hope for some kind of exemption for online poker from the the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA), but president of the American Gaming Association Frank Fahrenkopf doesn’t think that there is “a chance in hell.” The head of the Poker Players Association recently met with officials in Key West, Florida with optimistic vibes, but Fahrenkopf believes that even if there is the technology available to regulate online poker, State taxes levied would make it unprofitable.
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Poker jargon:
- BURN - To discard the top card of the deck prior to dealing, usually done for every dealing round except the first. The theory being that if somehow the cards are marked (illegally) no one will know what card will next be dealt, only what card will be burned. This makes marked cards less of an advantage, hence tends to reduce cheating.
- 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.
- DRAW - [1] A class of poker games characterized by players being dealt 5 cards face-down and later having the opportunity to replace some of the original 5. "Draw poker" and "Five-card draw" are examples of usage. [2] In stud and Hold'em games, the set of cards that will be dealt later can be collectively called "the draw". [3] To discard some number of cards and have dealt an equal number of replacements.
- FOLD - To decline to call a bet, thus dropping out of a hand.
- OPEN - Make the first bet in a hand, especially in draw poker.
- SHILL - A card room employee who plays with House money, and does not share in any of his (her) winnings or losses. Shills are used to facilitate starting games, and keeping them going. Compare: PROP.
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