Washington Judge Rejects Bid to Overturn Online Poker and Gambling Ban
In a closely watched case that could have significant consequences for the online gaming industry, a King County judge on Thursday upheld a Washington state statute that outlaws Internet gambling…
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Poker lingo:
- PROP - Also PROPOSITION PLAYER. An employee of the gaming establishment whose primary purpose is to keep enough players at a table to prevent breaking up the game for lack of players. Unlike SHILLs "props" make a small hourly wage but play with their own money, winning or losing based on their skill.
- REPRESENT - Implying, by one's betting style, that one has a particular hand.
- SPLIT [THE POT] - To split the pot between two or more players. Related term: QUARTER.
- BAD GAME - Any game in which you figure to be the loser, because the other players are better than you.
- TABLE STAKES - A standard rule whereby during a hand players can only bet the money they have on the table. If the bet to a player is more than the player's stack, that player may call with all his chips and be eligible to win only that portion of the pot he contributed to equally. A side pot is created, for which only the remaining players may compete.
- BIG SLICK - In Texas Hold'em, hole cards of A-K, suited or not.
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