Poker Players Lobby Congress To Lift Restrictions On Internet Gambling

CAPITOL HILL (NBC) — Supporters of online poker fanned out on Capitol Hill Wednesday trying to convince lawmakers to rewrite a federal restriction on internet gambling.

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Useful poker terms:

CAP - To cap the betting is to make the last permitted raise in a round.
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.
POCKET PAIR - Generic Hold'em term for 2 hole cards of the same rank.
FORCED BET - In some stud games a player may be required to make a bet to start the action on the first card. This is similar conceptually to blinds and antes, but in this case is dependent on the cards shown rather than player position. Usually the weakest hand is forced to bet.
MUCK - [1] A collection of face-down cards near the dealer composed of discards, i.e., folded hands, burns and discards for drawing purposes. [2] To throw one's cards into the muck, thus folding.
CRYING CALL - A call made with little chance of ultimately winning, but marginally better than an immediate fold.

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