Four Republican Congressman call for UIGEA ‘Unlawful Internet Gambling’ Clarification
An open letter written by four Republican Congressman to the heads of the Federal Reserve Board and U.S. Treasury calls for a more ‘deliberative’ approach for crafting regulations for the implementation of the UIGEA…
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Poker jargon:
- RAISE - To wager more than the minimum required to call, forcing other players to put in more money as well.
- READ - To determine whether an opponent has a good, medium or bad hand by observing his personal behavior. An inexact science.
- POCKET ROCKETS - In Hold'em, a pair of aces for hole cards.
- 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.
- FREE CARD - A card dealt after all players checked in a betting round.
- STAKE - The amount of a player's BUY-IN, or the amount of money they are willing to play with in a given session. Compare: BANKROLL.
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