PartyGaming results negatively impacted by UIGEA
The long awaited Party Gaming annual results out this week show the adverse impact of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act in the United States, but an encouraging resilience and diversification into other markets by the group.
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Poker lingo:
- TOP PAIR - In flop games, having a hole card that matches the highest card on the board.
- LIVE ONE - The best kind of opponent, a poor player with a lot of money to lose and in a hurry to lose it.
- FIXED LIMIT - A betting structure where the amount of each bet is a specific fixed quantity. Usually specified as A-B, where A is the amount to bet in the first few betting rounds and B (larger than A) is the amount bet in the later rounds. Related terms: FLAT LIMIT, NO LIMIT, POT LIMIT, SPREAD LIMIT.
- SHARK - A good/crafty player often posing as a fish early in the game.
- PROP - Also PROPOSITION PLAYER. An employee of the gaming establishment whose primary purpose is to keep enough players at a table to prevent breaking up the game for lack of players. Unlike SHILLs "props" make a small hourly wage but play with their own money, winning or losing based on their skill.
- WALK - A pot won by the last blind when no one opens.
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