UIGEA Rules Implemented
Although a restraining order on the implementation of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act is in the works, it may not arrive fast enough fast enough as the Department of Justice and the Board of Governors release a joint ruling on the implementation of the new law.
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Poker lingo:
- DEAD MAN'S HAND - Generically: two pair, aces and eights. Specifically: the black aces, black eights and nine of diamonds. The hand Wild Bill Hickok was holding when he was shot to death.
- RAISE - To wager more than the minimum required to call, forcing other players to put in more money as well.
- LATE POSITION - For a particular betting round, a player who does not have to act until most of the other players have acted.
- DRAWING DEAD - A draw in which it is impossible to obtain a winning hand for any of a variety of reasons: an opponent's hand is better than whatever you are drawing to, the card(s) that make your hand are out of play, or (in Hold'em) give an opponent a stronger hand even if it makes yours. Frequently used in the past tense, since one rarely knows it at the time.
- CARDS SPEAK - Winner(s) of the hand are determined by turning their cards face up, the best hand(s) wins (no declaration).
- MILES OF BAD ROAD - Three of a kind. Prefixed with a number, 3*<N>, to indicate 3 <N>s. Thus "24 miles of bad road" is 3 eights, etc. (This obviously doesn't work for face cards.)
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