Dutch Crackdown on Online Poker
In a move very much like the United States’ Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act the Dutch Ministry of Justice recently put in a request to banks to stop providing transactions to online poker rooms. Should banks stop transacting cash for deposits and withdrawals it could put a hurt on the online poker industry, much like the one that occurred when the UIGEA went through. A list of fifty online poker rooms was passed to Dutch banks along with the request to aid them in enacting the ban…
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Poker glossary:
- LEAK - To show one's hole cards (often unknowingly).
- ON TILT - Playing worse (usually, more aggressively) than usual because a player has become emotionally upset.
- STEAM - Playing wildly, calling and raising a lot, because one is upset. Compare: ON TILT.
- OFFSUIT - Not of the same suit. "I held A-Q offsuit" or "The flop was 10-6-2 offsuit". When speaking of 5 or more cards, not all/ of the same suit, i.e., no flush, as in "button had A-K-10-8-7 offsuit."
- EXPECTATION - The long-run [dis-]advantage of a given situation, specifically without reference to any particular outcome. I.e., what you figure to win [lose] on average after a large number of repetitions of the same situation.
- LOCK - A hand that cannot be beat under any circumstances. Also: NUTS.
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