Opinion: Is Another UIGEA Really the Answer for Canadian Horseracing?
In what some are interpreting as a monopoly grab for the country’s gambling market, the Canadian horseracing industry is pressuring the government to pass UIGEA-like legislation in an attempt to ban Internet gaming. Last week…
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Poker terminology:
- MITES AND LICE - A hand consisting of two pair, threes over twos.
- FREEROLL - [1] A poker tournament that does not charge a buy-in fee; players must earn buy-in credits through previous play at the same establishment. [2] Having a lock on part of a pot (sure to win a greater fraction of the pot than one is betting) and playing to win more or all of it.
- TOP TWO PAIR - In flop games, having hole cards that make the highest possible two pair hand.
- 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.
- SIDE POT - When an active player runs out of money during the course of a hand, the remaining players participate in a second or SIDE POT for the rest of the hand. Additional side pots are possible if several players run out of money at different points in a hand.
- BELLY BUSTER - An inside straight draw. Same as GUTSHOT.
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