Ultimate Bet and Absolute Poker Form New Cereus Network

July 28 - Tokwiro Enterprises has banded its two poker sites together and formed the Cereus Poker Network to fight declining customer numbers.

SPLIT [THE POT] - To split the pot between two or more players. Related term: QUARTER.
RAKE - Money taken from each pot and given to the house in return for hosting the game. Usually a percentage of the pot (5%-10%) up to some maximum amount.
MANIAC - A player who bets, raises and reraises without regard to the quality of his hand. Most often found in flop games.
OVERPAIR - In Hold'em, a pair in the hole that is larger than any community card on the board.
RAINBOW - In flop games, a flop in which no two cards are of the same suit. "The flop was A 9 7 rainbow."
SIDE POT - When an active player runs out of money during the course of a hand, the remaining players participate in a second or SIDE POT for the rest of the hand. Additional side pots are possible if several players run out of money at different points in a hand.

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