Australian Poker Room
A new player has arrived in the online poker arena, and it is from Australia. The site, JamPoker, is based out of Brisbane and has been opened with support from the Merge Gaming Network. The site offers a downloadable software that supports many of the standard poker games that online poker players expect to find, such as Stud and Draw poker, Omaha and the ubiquitous Texas Holdem…
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Poker lexicon:
- WORLD SERIES OF POKER - A series of several different poker games with relatively large buy-ins, culminating in a $10,000 buy-in no-limit Hold'em tournament, the winner of which is crowned the World Poker Champion. Sponsored by Binion's Horseshoe Club in Las Vegas.
- DRAW - [1] A class of poker games characterized by players being dealt 5 cards face-down and later having the opportunity to replace some of the original 5. "Draw poker" and "Five-card draw" are examples of usage. [2] In stud and Hold'em games, the set of cards that will be dealt later can be collectively called "the draw". [3] To discard some number of cards and have dealt an equal number of replacements.
- TELL - Any personal mannerisms that reveal the quality of one's hand. E.g., constantly looking at one's hole cards is often a tell of a poor hand. (Some players, knowing this, will at times check their hole cards when they have a great hand and don't need to look.)
- FLAT LIMIT - A variant of fixed limit where all bets are the same amount.
- ON THE COME - A situation where the player does not have a complete hand but hopes to make one if the right cards come up.
- FULL OF - Describes a full house. "Fives full of queens" is 5-5-5-Q-Q.

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