Gigamedia Profits Rise on Poker Software and Online Asian Sales
NEW YORK (AP) - Online gambling and entertainment company GigaMedia Ltd. said Tuesday its fourth-quarter profit rose 8.1 percent on Asian online gaming and global poker software sales.
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Poker argot:
- ROLLED UP - In seven-card stud, being dealt three of a kind in the first three cards.
- LAY ODDS - To give favorable odds to an opponent.
- 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.
- BIG BOBTAIL - An open-ended 4-card straight flush.
- OUT - [1] A card that will improve your hand, often substantially. A hand with many OUTS is preferable to a hand with only 1 or 2. [2] Folded, ineligible to bet or win this hand. "I'm out" is often a synonym for "I fold".
- UNDER THE GUN - The position that has to act first in a round of betting.
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