Poker players seek new deal on Internet gambling
WASHINGTON Youve got to know when to hold em and know when to fold em and that means poker is a game of skill and not luck, a panel of lobbyists, academics and gamblers argued have this week on Capitol Hill. The distinction involves a pot potentially worth tens of millions of dollars. Leaders of the Poker Players Alliance, claiming 800,000 members nationwide, visited congressional …
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Poker glossary:
- ASSAULT RIFLE - In Omaha, hole cards that are A-K-4-7 of any suit(s).
- FLUSH - A poker hand consisting of five cards all one suit.
- CUT - To break the deck into 2 stacks of at least 5 cards each. Usually performed by the player to the dealer's right to insure that the the deck is not stacked.
- FACE CARD - A jack, queen or king (a card with a face on it, not joker).
- REBUY - [1] To purchase additional chips after an initial buy-in, usually after losing most or all of the previous buy-in. This term is most often used in certain tournaments where if one loses all one's chips, or falls below a certain minimum chip level, for an additional sum of money one can purchase a fixed amount of additional tournament chips. Usually there is a time limit (The "REBUY PERIOD") as to how long rebuys are allowed. [2] The additional chips "rebought" in tournament play.
- SEMI-BLUFF - To bluff with a come hand that figures to win if it hits.
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