The Year in Poker: December, 2008
With November’s rush of huge poker events a memory, December promised a slower-paced wrap for the year… until a couple of major legal happenings underscored the dynamic relationship between online gambling…
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- The Year in Poker: December, 2006
- The Year in Poker: December, 2007
- Online Poker Site Full With Christmas Promos
- Mansion Poker launches $250,000 Added Tournament Series
- Phil and Luciaetta Ivey Divorce
- Mansion Poker Adds a Quarter Million
- CelebPoker.com Guarantees $100k on the Table for December 18 Poker Tournament
- This December Will See $1 Million Poker Tourney in Louisiana
- Banks Prepping for December
- WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic Final Table Round Up
- Online Poker Room To Give Away $10,000 Every Day!
- Paddy Power Poker’s New Years Freeroll
Poker lexicon:
- COMPUTER HAND - Texas Hold'em hole cards of Q-7 offsuit. More generically, any hand that computer analysis/simulation determines is positive but turns out to be difficult to play in practice.
- CUT - To break the deck into 2 stacks of at least 5 cards each. Usually performed by the player to the dealer's right to insure that the the deck is not stacked.
- BUTTON CHARGE - A periodic fee paid by whoever is the button, perhaps every 20 minutes or 30 minutes. Constitutes part or all of the HOUSE CUT.
- STRAIGHT - A hand consisting of 5 cards in sequence but not in suit.
- EDGE - An advantage over an opponent, either specific or subjective.
- POCKET ROCKETS - In Hold'em, a pair of aces for hole cards.
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