PartyGaming Falls on Slowdown in Poker, Casino Sales

Aug. 29 (Bloomberg) — PartyGaming Plc , the owner of the PartyPoker.com Web site, slid in London trading after the company said online poker and casino sales fell in the last four weeks.

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POT ODDS - The amount of money in the pot divided by the amount of money you must bet in order to call. Often used to determine if a pot offers enough reward to play on the come.
DRAW - [1] A class of poker games characterized by players being dealt 5 cards face-down and later having the opportunity to replace some of the original 5. "Draw poker" and "Five-card draw" are examples of usage. [2] In stud and Hold'em games, the set of cards that will be dealt later can be collectively called "the draw". [3] To discard some number of cards and have dealt an equal number of replacements.
FACE CARD - A jack, queen or king (a card with a face on it, not joker).
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.
HIGH-LOW SPLIT - Forms of poker in which the pot is split between the best hand and best lowball hand.
BAD GAME - Any game in which you figure to be the loser, because the other players are better than you.

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