Politician Fights For, Benefits From Poker

While he had never once played a game of poker online, and in fact doesn’t even like playing the game, Democratic congressman Barney Frank has become the most popular politician among poker players in the United States. That’s because he is solidly behind their right to play the game online, and they have responded with campaign contributions of nearly $50k. Contributors to his campaign fund include Chris Moneymaker, Howard Lederer, Annie Duke, and Andy Bloch.

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Casino poker language:

OVER - A term used in describing two pair or a full house. "Kings over tens" means two pair, kings and tens. "Jacks over", also "Jacks up" describes a hand that is two pair: Jacks with an unspecified lower pair. Also used to describe a full house, distinguishing the three of a kind from the pair. The hand J-J-J-A-A could be described as "Full house, Jacks over Aces".
CALLER - One who calls. Sometimes used collectively, as in "3 callers".
FOUR OF A KIND - A hand containing all four cards of the same rank.
BEE No. 92 (TM) - Trade name for the "diamond back" cards frequently used in casino games. Compare: RIDER BACK.
CASE - The fourth card of a particular rank, as in "he folded the case 9" when describing where all the 9s were in a hand. Comes from the game of Faro where an employee of the house, called the "case keeper". kept track of the number of each rank of card remaining.
PASS - Opposite of bet. To check, if checked to. To fold, if bet to.

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