Banned Online Poker Players Finally Find a New Home
http://www.playping.com/) For the abandoned US poker players whose online poker accounts were closed by the gaming operators as a result of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act.
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Poker jargon:
- BAD GAME - Any game in which you figure to be the loser, because the other players are better than you.
- COMPUTER HAND - Texas Hold'em hole cards of Q-7 offsuit. More generically, any hand that computer analysis/simulation determines is positive but turns out to be difficult to play in practice.
- OPENER - The player who opens the betting, especially in draw poker. A hand may have no openers, in which case it is PASSED OUT, i.e., new hands are dealt.
- MISDEAL - A hand dealt incorrectly that must be re-dealt.
- HOLE CARDS - In Stud and Hold'em, the face-down cards dealt to each player.
- CALLER - One who calls. Sometimes used collectively, as in "3 callers".
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