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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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.
RAISE - To wager more than the minimum required to call, forcing other players to put in more money as well.
PAT HAND - In draw poker, a hand that does not need any more cards. Specifically, a straight, flush, full house or straight flush. One might bluff and represent a pat hand but actually hold something else.
DRAW OUT - To catch a card that improves your situation from a losing hand to a winning hand, especially when you beat someone holding a hand that usually figures to win.
DOUBLE BELLY BUSTER - A two-way inside straight. E.g., 3-5-6-7-9.
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.

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