PPA Pegs Pappas for Government Relations VP Post
The Poker Players Alliance has announced the appointment of John Pappas as the organization’s new Vice President of Government Relations. Pappas, previously a consultant for the PPA with Dittus Communications, will become the PPA’s…
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Poker talk:
- FLAT LIMIT - A variant of fixed limit where all bets are the same amount.
- DECLARE - In high/low games, declaring one's hand as high or low or both ways (usually done with chips in hand). Usually played in home games; casinos tend to play CARDS SPEAK.
- MANIAC - A player who bets, raises and reraises without regard to the quality of his hand. Most often found in flop games.
- BAD GAME - Any game in which you figure to be the loser, because the other players are better than you.
- TAP - In no-limit games, to wager all of one's money in one bet.
- FREEROLL - [1] A poker tournament that does not charge a buy-in fee; players must earn buy-in credits through previous play at the same establishment. [2] Having a lock on part of a pot (sure to win a greater fraction of the pot than one is betting) and playing to win more or all of it.
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