French Look to Online Gambling, Snub Poker
The Government of France and the European Union have a lot to talk about when it comes to online gambling, meeting as they are in Brussels to consider relaxing the hard line rules governing French online gambling. Conspicuously absent from the talk of moving forward on this subject is online poker. While French casinos look to France-based online poker as a way to prevent players from playing at online sites from out of the country, the government does not seem to agree with their assessment of the situation.
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Casino poker language:
- PAY OFF - Calling a bet with little expectation of winning, unless the opponent is bluffing.
- SET - In Hold'em, three of a kind where two of the cards are hole cards.
- NICKEL - Five dollars, usually represented by a red casino check.
- TOKE - Gambling term for "tip", as in "Toke the cocktail waitress". Comes from the term "Token of appreciation".
- FREE CARD - A card dealt after all players checked in a betting round.
- CHASE - To continue in a hand, often at poor odds, in the hopes of catching a much better hand. "He called, chasing the flush.".
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