Poker Regulations Up This Week
The Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act is coming online at some point this week, and the public will have access to the information to see what the exact impact on poker the UIGEA will have. An online gaming lobbying group, iMEGA, sent out an email announcement speculating that this would occur, and Bloomberg has reported that the Fed and the Treasuring are drafting regulations in preparation for the publishing of the UIGEA. While the biggest impact on the industry was felt last year as online poker rooms shifted away from the US, speculation is rampant on what is coming next.
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- Praise for US Suspension of UIGEA
- UK releases new license regulations
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Poker talk:
- LIVE ONE - The best kind of opponent, a poor player with a lot of money to lose and in a hurry to lose it.
- CASE - The fourth card of a particular rank, as in "he folded the case 9" when describing where all the 9s were in a hand. Comes from the game of Faro where an employee of the house, called the "case keeper". kept track of the number of each rank of card remaining.
- OPEN - Make the first bet in a hand, especially in draw poker.
- ACTION - Money that is being bet. "NO ACTION" means a hand or game has few bettors and fewer raisers. "Gimme some action" is ostensibly a plea for calls and raises.
- BET - To put money into the pot, pursuant to the rules of the game, thus maintaining a chance of winning the pot.
- HIGH-LOW SPLIT - Forms of poker in which the pot is split between the best hand and best lowball hand.
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