PPA Encourages Civil Involvement
January 19 - Americans have the chance to have their voice heard and their call for the legalization of online poker approved by offering their ideas in the Citizen’s Briefing Book.
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Casino poker language:
- QUALIFIER - A minimum standard that a hand must meet in order to win. Usually applied to the lowball side of a high-low split pot.
- RING GAME - A standard game where players can come and go as they choose. The opposite of TOURNAMENT.
- LOCK - A hand that cannot be beat under any circumstances. Also: NUTS.
- DRAWING DEAD - A draw in which it is impossible to obtain a winning hand for any of a variety of reasons: an opponent's hand is better than whatever you are drawing to, the card(s) that make your hand are out of play, or (in Hold'em) give an opponent a stronger hand even if it makes yours. Frequently used in the past tense, since one rarely knows it at the time.
- TOP PAIR - In flop games, having a hole card that matches the highest card on the board.
- TURN - The fourth community card in Hold'em.
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