Poker News Briefs, July 8, 2009

Negotiations in Florida between the office of Governor Charlie Crist and state tribal leaders over a gambling expansion that would see increased…

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Poker jargon:

• BELLY BUSTER - An inside straight draw. Same as GUTSHOT.
• 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.
• BARN - A FULL HOUSE, three of a kind and a pair.
• NO-LIMIT POKER - A game where there is no maximum bet; a player can wager any amount (perhaps above some minimum) up to whatever money is on the table in front of him.
• POCKET ROCKETS - In Hold'em, a pair of aces for hole cards.
• TOP PAIR - In flop games, having a hole card that matches the highest card on the board.