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There’s no denying that poker has really exploded onto the scene in recent years and it seems that we can’t get enough of the card game, whether it be playing at home, playing online, or playing vicariously through our television sets.
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Poker slang:
- IN - Still eligible to win the pot. "I'm in" is often spoken as one adds chips to the pot, calling.
- 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.
- BELLY BUSTER - An inside straight draw. Same as GUTSHOT.
- MARKED CARDS - Cards that have been (illegally) altered so that their value can be read from the back.
- 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.
- LATE BLIND - In addition to "regular" blinds, some games allow a player (particularly a new one) to post a blind bet in return for the right to enter the game immediately and act last on the first betting round. The amount of the blind is determined by house rules, usually somewhere between the last blind and double the last blind. It is frequently a LIVE BLIND.

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