Poker News Briefs, July 2nd, 2009

The roster of players for the first Caesars Cup, to be conducted at this fall’s World Series of Poker Europe, have now been named…

FLAT LIMIT - A variant of fixed limit where all bets are the same amount.
BUNNY - An eight. So named because one can easily draw "rabbit ears" above the numeral 8, "paws" in the middle and "feet" at the bottom. (Do this only at home, and not on cards that will be used for play.)
CHECK RAISE - To check initially, then raise a bet made later on in the same betting round. Frequently a sign of strength, but may be a bluff.
CHASE - To continue in a hand, often at poor odds, in the hopes of catching a much better hand. "He called, chasing the flush.".
FLOP GAME - Any of a number of poker games where a flop is dealt.
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.

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