Online poker boom helps 888 boost yearly profits 34%
The growing popularity of online poker outside the US helped lift underlying profits at 888, the online gambling company by a third last year in spite of a ban on operations in North America.
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Poker slang:
- HOOK - A Jack. So named because the "J" resembles a hook.
- 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.
- TABLE STAKES - A standard rule whereby during a hand players can only bet the money they have on the table. If the bet to a player is more than the player's stack, that player may call with all his chips and be eligible to win only that portion of the pot he contributed to equally. A side pot is created, for which only the remaining players may compete.
- HOLE CARDS - In Stud and Hold'em, the face-down cards dealt to each player.
- STUD - Any of several poker games in which some of each players' cards are exposed.
- FISH - A player who loses money. An old saying is "If you can't spot the fish at the table, *you* are the fish.".
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