Online Poker Attack Case Continuance
Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear is trying to seize online poker room domain names, claiming they are hurting his state’s gambling properties, and the court case where the issue is being heard was granted a continuance. The judge issued the continuance to allow the defense attorneys - those representing the online poker rooms - a chance to prepare their arguments. The lawyers represent 141 websites named in the lawsuit…
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Poker slang:
- SEAT POSITION - The actual seat a player has, normally numbered sequentially starting with 1 as the first seat to dealer's left. Not to be confused with POSITION in a particular pot. Typically unrelated to play of a hand but often important in peripheral aspects, e.g.: "Seats 1 and 10 are nonsmoking here", "Seat 5 has a good view of the table", "Seat 3 is in a high-traffic area".
- FIXED LIMIT - A betting structure where the amount of each bet is a specific fixed quantity. Usually specified as A-B, where A is the amount to bet in the first few betting rounds and B (larger than A) is the amount bet in the later rounds. Related terms: FLAT LIMIT, NO LIMIT, POT LIMIT, SPREAD LIMIT.
- MARKED CARDS - Cards that have been (illegally) altered so that their value can be read from the back.
- LATE POSITION - For a particular betting round, a player who does not have to act until most of the other players have acted.
- OUT - [1] A card that will improve your hand, often substantially. A hand with many OUTS is preferable to a hand with only 1 or 2. [2] Folded, ineligible to bet or win this hand. "I'm out" is often a synonym for "I fold".
- FILL - To draw a card that makes a five-card hand (straight, flush, full house, straight flush).

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