Online Poker Site Cleared of Charges
Last year Swedish authorities shut down a live poker tournament, claiming it was illegal. The 2007 European Poker Challenge (EPC) was raided on the first day of play and six organizers were charged with running and advertising an illegal poker tournament. Just recently the District Court in Uddevalla cleared two of the charged, while two others got fines and the last two will get jail time of six and eight months…
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Poker dictionary:
- PAT HAND - In draw poker, a hand that does not need any more cards. Specifically, a straight, flush, full house or straight flush. One might bluff and represent a pat hand but actually hold something else.
- TRIPS - Three of a kind. In Hold'em the term SET is used when two of the three cards are hole cards.
- FLAT LIMIT - A variant of fixed limit where all bets are the same amount.
- HOYLE - Edmund Hoyle (1769-?) was the authoritative source for rules of card games. Hoyle is to card rules as Webster is to word definitions.
- 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.
- PAY OFF - Calling a bet with little expectation of winning, unless the opponent is bluffing.
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