Sportingbet Pays $400K to Louisiana Parish, Dicks Case Dismissed
One of the outstanding cases against offshore Internet gambling concerns is outstanding no more. SportingBet PLC, whose non-executive chairman, Peter Dicks, was temporarily detained in New York on a Louisiana arrest warrant…
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Poker glossary:
- STUD - Any of several poker games in which some of each players' cards are exposed.
- ROYAL FLUSH - An ace-high straight flush, the best possible hand in regular poker.
- OVERPAIR - In Hold'em, a pair in the hole that is larger than any community card on the board.
- QUALIFIER - A minimum standard that a hand must meet in order to win. Usually applied to the lowball side of a high-low split pot.
- RAISE - To wager more than the minimum required to call, forcing other players to put in more money as well.
- REBUY - [1] To purchase additional chips after an initial buy-in, usually after losing most or all of the previous buy-in. This term is most often used in certain tournaments where if one loses all one's chips, or falls below a certain minimum chip level, for an additional sum of money one can purchase a fixed amount of additional tournament chips. Usually there is a time limit (The "REBUY PERIOD") as to how long rebuys are allowed. [2] The additional chips "rebought" in tournament play.
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