Many Personalities Impact US Poker Scene in 2008
January 1 - Which personalities were behind the many changes, laws and drives affecting the online poker industry in 2008? We take a look.
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Poker dictionary:
- 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.
- OVERPAIR - In Hold'em, a pair in the hole that is larger than any community card on the board.
- WIRED [PAIR] - A pair in the hole. In 5-card stud, a door card that pairs the hole card.
- FAVORITE - Before all the cards are dealt, a hand that figures to be the winner. Ant: UNDERDOG.
- SEVENTH STREET - The seventh card dealt in 7-card stud.
- SPREAD LIMIT - A variation on fixed limit wherein the minimum and maximum bets are different. A 1-4-8 game allows bets from 1 to 4 in the early rounds and 1-8 in the last round. A 1-4-8-16 game allows bets from 1 to 4 in the early rounds, 1 to 8 in the next-to-last round, and 1 to 16 in the last round.
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