Online Poker News Archive - April 2009

On this page we’ve listed summaries of the most important news events of April 2009

BARN - A FULL HOUSE, three of a kind and a pair.
RUNNER-RUNNER - A hand made using both of the last two cards dealt.
RAIL - A barrier dividing the card playing area from a public area.
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.
STRING BET - An unethical and often illegal means of raising whereby a player puts a call-size stack of chips into the pot and, after observing the reactions of the players, then goes back to his stack and puts out more, thus raising.
EVEN-MONEY - A bet that pays off exactly the amount wagered. E.g., "Double or nothing" is an even-money bet.

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