Concerns over PartyGaming’s Third Quarter Overshadow First-Half Results
Last week PartyGaming, the online gaming firm, announced first-half year results that were well above analysts’ expectations. The company’s EBIDTA (earnings before interest, depreciation, taxes and amortization) came in at $64.9 million…
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Poker dictionary:
- EDGE - An advantage over an opponent, either specific or subjective.
- TOP TWO PAIR - In flop games, having hole cards that make the highest possible two pair hand.
- LEAK - To show one's hole cards (often unknowingly).
- ACTION - Money that is being bet. "NO ACTION" means a hand or game has few bettors and fewer raisers. "Gimme some action" is ostensibly a plea for calls and raises.
- POCKET ROCKETS - In Hold'em, a pair of aces for hole cards.
- CASE - The fourth card of a particular rank, as in "he folded the case 9" when describing where all the 9s were in a hand. Comes from the game of Faro where an employee of the house, called the "case keeper". kept track of the number of each rank of card remaining.
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