Final UIGEA Rules Still Unclear About Online Poker
November 16 - New rules pertaining to the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act will be implemented on January 19th, 2009.
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Useful poker terms:
- LAY ODDS - To give favorable odds to an opponent.
- TELL - Any personal mannerisms that reveal the quality of one's hand. E.g., constantly looking at one's hole cards is often a tell of a poor hand. (Some players, knowing this, will at times check their hole cards when they have a great hand and don't need to look.)
- TURN - The fourth community card in Hold'em.
- SET - In Hold'em, three of a kind where two of the cards are hole cards.
- UNDER THE GUN - The position that has to act first in a round of betting.
- MUCK - [1] A collection of face-down cards near the dealer composed of discards, i.e., folded hands, burns and discards for drawing purposes. [2] To throw one's cards into the muck, thus folding.
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