PurePlay Grows to 1.7 Million Players, Continuing Its Leadership Among Legal Online Poker Sites
PurePlay, the largest legal U.S. play-for-cash online poker destination, today announced it achieved record growth in 2008. Despite the difficult economic times, PurePlay’s 1.7 million-strong player base doubled during the year, making it more than 10 times the size of its nearest competitor.
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Poker jargon:
- ROLLED UP - In seven-card stud, being dealt three of a kind in the first three cards.
- DOYLE BRUNSON - In Hold'em, 10-2 in the hole. So named because Doyle Brunson won two straight WSOPs (q.v.) in 1975 and 1976 with 10-2 on the last hand. (Suited (spades) in 1975, unsuited in 1976).
- POSSIBLE [STRAIGHT/FLUSH] - Up cards that quite possibly could lead to a straight and/or a flush.
- DEAD MAN'S HAND - Generically: two pair, aces and eights. Specifically: the black aces, black eights and nine of diamonds. The hand Wild Bill Hickok was holding when he was shot to death.
- FLAT CALL - To call a bet. Emphasizes that the caller did not raise.
- RAIL - A barrier dividing the card playing area from a public area.
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