Internet poker players want new deal
The Poker Players Alliance is betting $3 million that it can overturn an Internet gambling ban or at least carve out an exemption that would legalize and regulate online poker. The alliance, chaired by former Sen. Alfonse D’Amato, New York Republican, says it plans to spend that much on lobbying in this session of Congress. The group gets its money from the Interactive Gaming Council, a …
Related Poker News:
- Internet Poker Rankings, Has Expanded to Track the Growing Popularity of Internet Poker Internationally
- Online Poker Weekend: Internet Issues Hamper Top Events
- CryptoLogic’s New Internet Poker Features Deliver At-Home, Customizable Experience to Players
- Internet Poker Rankings Announces 2007 Internet Player of the Year
- Shady deal forces poker players from the table
- InternetTexasHoldem.com Launches the Internet Poker Industry’s First Internet Poker Player of the Year Ranking
- Are Internet Mac Poker Players Getting the Shaft?
- Poker Players Should Join the Poker Players Alliance
- Adelson Morally Opposes Internet Gambling; PPA Urges Players to Take Action
- Jeff Haney explains how restrictions on Internet gambling have hurt typical poker players a lot more than the pros
- THE INFLUENCE GAME: Poker players bet they can repeal ban on Internet gambling
- Poker players take on NFL over Internet gambling ban
Poker terminology:
- ASSAULT RIFLE - In Omaha, hole cards that are A-K-4-7 of any suit(s).
- BAD-BEAT JACKPOT - In some cardrooms, a prize that is shared by the players in a game, when a very good hand (usually Aces full, or better) is beaten by a higher hand. Jackpots are usually financed by taking a drop ($1 is a common amount) from every pot. A typical division of the jackpot will give the losing hand 50 %, the winning hand 25 %, and the other players at the table share the remaining 25 % of the Jackpot.
- DOOR [CARD] - A player's first upcard in stud games.
- TRIP - Three of a specific kind, as in "Trip sixes".
- EVEN-MONEY - A bet that pays off exactly the amount wagered. E.g., "Double or nothing" is an even-money bet.
- LATE BLIND - In addition to "regular" blinds, some games allow a player (particularly a new one) to post a blind bet in return for the right to enter the game immediately and act last on the first betting round. The amount of the blind is determined by house rules, usually somewhere between the last blind and double the last blind. It is frequently a LIVE BLIND.
RSS feed
