UIGEA Update: Proposed Regulations Rile American Banking Association
A couple of weeks ago, a letter by Republican Senators John E. Sununu (NH) and Pete Domenici (NM) to the heads of the Treasury and Federal Reserve brought attention to the serious implementation concerns America’s banking industry…
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Poker jargon:
- TRIPS - Three of a kind. In Hold'em the term SET is used when two of the three cards are hole cards.
- HOLE CARDS - In Stud and Hold'em, the face-down cards dealt to each player.
- BUNNY - An eight. So named because one can easily draw "rabbit ears" above the numeral 8, "paws" in the middle and "feet" at the bottom. (Do this only at home, and not on cards that will be used for play.)
- STEAM - Playing wildly, calling and raising a lot, because one is upset. Compare: ON TILT.
- SPREAD LIMIT - A variation on fixed limit wherein the minimum and maximum bets are different. A 1-4-8 game allows bets from 1 to 4 in the early rounds and 1-8 in the last round. A 1-4-8-16 game allows bets from 1 to 4 in the early rounds, 1 to 8 in the next-to-last round, and 1 to 16 in the last round.
- KICKER - In hands containing pairs and trips, the highest card not matched. In draw games, sometimes a card kept for deception purposes.
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