Italians Crazy About Online Poker

August 27 - According to the results of a new survey, Italians spend 350 million euros a year on their online poker entertainment.

TOURNAMENT - A highly structured game involving potentially dozens of tables where all participants pay an entry fee and obtain a fixed number of chips. Once a tournament has started, additional players may not enter. As the game progresses players bust out and are eliminated until only one winner remains.
WALK - A pot won by the last blind when no one opens.
SHOWDOWN - The point at the end of the hand where all active players reveal their cards and the pot is awarded to the winner(s).
QUALIFIER - A minimum standard that a hand must meet in order to win. Usually applied to the lowball side of a high-low split pot.
ONE-EYED - The jack of hearts, jack of spades or king of diamonds. So named because the characters are drawn in profile, thus showing only one eye.
STEAM - Playing wildly, calling and raising a lot, because one is upset. Compare: ON TILT.

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