No Power Puts Hurt on Online Poker Players
A series of rolling blackouts in South Africa have wreaked havoc with online poker players and their profits. When playing poker online, especially in a tournament, poker players need to be in constant contact with the game server of their respective online poker room. When an opponent makes a move to bring you profit, you lose your chance if you are not logged on, and power outages in South Africa have been causing poker players to lose connections at the worst possible times…
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Poker dictionary:
- LATE POSITION - For a particular betting round, a player who does not have to act until most of the other players have acted.
- KICKER TROUBLE - Not having as high a kicker as an opponent.
- SCOOP - To take all of a pot that is normally split, either by winning both halves outright or winning one half when no players qualify for the other half.
- STEAM - Playing wildly, calling and raising a lot, because one is upset. Compare: ON TILT.
- SPLIT [OPENERS] - In draw poker, to discard one or more openers, usually to draw to a straight or flush. Normally requires the opener to declare the act and retain the discards so that the act of opening can later be validated.
- ROYAL FLUSH - An ace-high straight flush, the best possible hand in regular poker.
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