Planet Poker suspends real-money play
Planetpoker.com, the Internet’s first real-money card room, will suspend their cash game play beginning March 31. The company said it was closing because of payment processing issues related to the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act, according to press release.
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Poker talk:
- RUNNER-RUNNER - A hand made using both of the last two cards dealt.
- LOCK - A hand that cannot be beat under any circumstances. Also: NUTS.
- FREEZE-OUT - A table-stakes game that continues until a small number of players (possibly only one) has all the money. The major event in The World Series of Poker is a freeze-out game.
- PASSED OUT. - A hand in which nobody opens. What happens next is a function of the game being played.
- ON TILT - Playing worse (usually, more aggressively) than usual because a player has become emotionally upset.
- 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.
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