PartyGaming Slides on Slowing Growth in Online Poker Revenue
Aug. 29 (Bloomberg) — PartyGaming Plc , the owner of the PartyPoker.com Web site, fell in London trading after the company said growth in online poker sales slowed since the end of June.
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Poker argot:
- BICYCLE - The best possible low hand: A-2-3-4-5. More common term: WHEEL.
- OPENERS - Cards in a hand that qualify a player to open the betting.
- 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.
- SMALL BLIND - In games with two blinds the first blind is the SMALL BLIND because it is usually one-half (or less) the second or large blind.
- OFFSUIT - Not of the same suit. "I held A-Q offsuit" or "The flop was 10-6-2 offsuit". When speaking of 5 or more cards, not all/ of the same suit, i.e., no flush, as in "button had A-K-10-8-7 offsuit."
- JOKER - A 53rd card in the deck, distinct from the others, used as a wild card or as a BUG.
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