PokerRoom and bwin Poker first to host deluxe packages to PokerNews Cup Australia
PokerRoom and bwin Poker introduce deluxe PokerNews Cup Australia packages – each consisting of even bigger prizes including access to private cruises and excursions!
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Poker terminology:
- LOCK - A hand that cannot be beat under any circumstances. Also: NUTS.
- PAT - Holding or being dealt a pat hand. "I'm pat" would mean "I don't want to draw any cards.
- READ - To determine whether an opponent has a good, medium or bad hand by observing his personal behavior. An inexact science.
- 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.
- 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.
- FULL OF - Describes a full house. "Fives full of queens" is 5-5-5-Q-Q.
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