Poker players push for internet gambling
WASHINGTON The Poker Players Alliance hopes a hot hand in the nations capital this week will help its efforts to legalize online poker. As part of its National Poker Week, the group has set up nearly 100 meetings with members of Congress and their aides, and it plans to present a petition to President Barack Obama today that had more than 350,000 signatures at last count. Famous poker players …
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Poker glossary:
- NICKEL - Five dollars, usually represented by a red casino check.
- OPENER - The player who opens the betting, especially in draw poker. A hand may have no openers, in which case it is PASSED OUT, i.e., new hands are dealt.
- STRAIGHT - A hand consisting of 5 cards in sequence but not in suit.
- WALK - A pot won by the last blind when no one opens.
- HOLE CARDS - In Stud and Hold'em, the face-down cards dealt to each player.
- SUICIDE KING - King of Hearts. So named because in the drawing the king appears to be stabbing himself in the head.
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