Asian US NASDAQ Listing a Poker Operator
One of the very first Asian Internet Service Providers to list on the US NASDAQ market is a poker and gambling operator. The company, Gigamedia, started out as an ISP company in the 1990’s but is about to jump into the gambling market. Poker and slot machine websites are bringing in the most profits for the Taiwan company, so Gigamedia is throwing their weight into that effort…
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Poker terminology:
- BLUFF - To make a bet or raise with a poor hand, in hope that the remaining active player(s) will fold.
- MITES AND LICE - A hand consisting of two pair, threes over twos.
- FULL OF - Describes a full house. "Fives full of queens" is 5-5-5-Q-Q.
- SUITED - Two or more cards all the same suit. Ant: OFF-SUIT.
- COMMUNITY CARDS - Cards that are available for every player to use in making a hand. Usually dealt face up somewhere in the middle of the table.
- DRAW - [1] A class of poker games characterized by players being dealt 5 cards face-down and later having the opportunity to replace some of the original 5. "Draw poker" and "Five-card draw" are examples of usage. [2] In stud and Hold'em games, the set of cards that will be dealt later can be collectively called "the draw". [3] To discard some number of cards and have dealt an equal number of replacements.
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