Politics and Poker Resurge in USA
When the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act came into play in the United States, it was put into action by Rep. Jim Leach of Iowa, who soon was voted out of office. Many take this as a sign of displeasure by the poker playing public, and out of all the candidates running for the Republican nomination, Ron Paul is the most online gambling friendly…
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Poker lingo:
- TAP - In no-limit games, to wager all of one's money in one bet.
- BRODERICK CRAWFORD - In Hold'em, hole cards of 10-4. From the 1950s TV series "Highway Patrol", starring Broderick Crawford.
- SET - In Hold'em, three of a kind where two of the cards are hole cards.
- FOURTH STREET - In stud poker, the fourth card dealt to each player. Sometimes used to refer to the fourth community card dealt in Hold'em, although the more common term for this is TURN (q.v.).
- OVERCALL - To call a bet after one or more players already called.
- READ - To determine whether an opponent has a good, medium or bad hand by observing his personal behavior. An inexact science.
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