Online Poker Disputes in the Philippines
The Zamboanga City Special Economic Zone (ZSEZ) and Freeport Authority may be coming to loggerheads over online gambling licensing issues now that the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (Pagcor) is saying no other organization than itself has the power to issue such licenses. This Philippine brouhaha may block efforts the country is making to become more accessible to businesses seeking a place to headquarter online poker and online gambling organizations…
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Poker slang:
- SCOOP - To take all of a pot that is normally split, either by winning both halves outright or winning one half when no players qualify for the other half.
- 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.
- LEAK - To show one's hole cards (often unknowingly).
- MARKED CARDS - Cards that have been (illegally) altered so that their value can be read from the back.
- 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.
- 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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