PartyGaming Sales Stagnate on Dollar, Poker Slowdown
Nov. 19 (Bloomberg) — PartyGaming Plc , the owner of PartyPoker.com, said third-quarter sales were little changed because of the dollars strength against currencies in which the company generates revenue and as fewer people played poker.
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Poker dictionary:
- POSITION - One's location in the betting sequence, relative to the players still in the hand. First position is first to act.
- TOP PAIR - In flop games, having a hole card that matches the highest card on the board.
- RAISE - To wager more than the minimum required to call, forcing other players to put in more money as well.
- ROYAL FLUSH - An ace-high straight flush, the best possible hand in regular poker.
- SHILL - A card room employee who plays with House money, and does not share in any of his (her) winnings or losses. Shills are used to facilitate starting games, and keeping them going. Compare: PROP.
- 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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