Banned poker sites make joker of ACMA’s Internet blacklist
Less than a week after the federal government’s URL blacklist was leaked and caused a furore over the status of online betting company Betfair , Australia’s poker industry is now in the firing line over the number of legitimate poker sites that could be banned by the filter.
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Useful poker terms:
- SEVENTH STREET - The seventh card dealt in 7-card stud.
- HOYLE - Edmund Hoyle (1769-?) was the authoritative source for rules of card games. Hoyle is to card rules as Webster is to word definitions.
- BAD GAME - Any game in which you figure to be the loser, because the other players are better than you.
- 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.
- NUT / NUTS - The best possible hand of a given class. Not a LOCK unless all cards have been dealt. The "nut flush" is the highest possible flush, but might still lose to, e.g., a full house. Usually used in Hold'em games.
- BUTTON - A distinctive token held by the player sitting in the theoretical dealer's position, when a house dealer is used. The button rotates around the table so that every player has an opportunity to be the last to act. Also, "THE BUTTON" can refer to the player who currently has the button. ("I was the button and called the blind".) Synonyms: BUCK, PUCK.
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