WSOP Online Gaming of a Sort
The World Series of Poker branded Texas Holdem games are somewhat online poker, somewhat live poker, and somewhat dealer-less poker tables. The new devices, an offering from Progressive Gaming International Corp., put online poker room style gaming in pubs and restaurants to heighten the poker experience. The games, dubbed as World Series of Poker “Peer to Peer” Texas Holdem, allow players to log on and play on a poker room that is more intra-net than internet…
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Poker lexicon:
- ROLLED UP - In seven-card stud, being dealt three of a kind in the first three cards.
- BIG BOBTAIL - An open-ended 4-card straight flush.
- OPEN-ENDED STRAIGHT - Four cards to a straight which can be completed by drawing a card at either end. E.g., 6-7-8-9 is an open-ended straight. Also: BOBTAIL STRAIGHT. Compare: INSIDE STRAIGHT.
- POT - The total amount of money bet so far in a hand.
- LIMIT POKER - A poker game wherein the amount to be bet is fixed, or at most variable within a prescribed minimum and maximum. Ant.: NO-LIMIT POKER.
- BUTTON - A distinctive token held by the player sitting in the theoretical dealer's position, when a house dealer is used. The button rotates around the table so that every player has an opportunity to be the last to act. Also, "THE BUTTON" can refer to the player who currently has the button. ("I was the button and called the blind".) Synonyms: BUCK, PUCK.

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