The Nightly Turbo: Regulations in Costa Rica, Hellmuth Hosts a Charity Tournament, and More
It’s that time again. You’re in between hands and you’re wondering what happened in the poker world today. Well, here it is, all laid out for you so you can get back to the grind sooner.
Related Poker News:
- Poker Industry Conference Held in Costa Rica
- Poker Industry Expo - December 7-8, 2006 in Costa Rica will Discuss Legal Issues, Payments and Marketing for Online
- Poker Industry Expo — December 7-8, 2006 in Costa Rica will Discuss Legal Issues, Payments and Marketing for Online
- 2nd Annual Poker Industry Expo to be held December 7-8, 2006 in Costa Rica
- Doyle Brunson Creates Buzz at the Recently Concluded Poker Industry Expo Held in Beautiful Costa Rica
- Costa Rica, Antigua File Additional WTO Arbitration Requests
- Poker Convention Held in Costa Rica
- Poker Players Made Refugees Discover Costa Rica Welcome Place to Reconnect
- REPEAT-HeadsUp Entertainment International Inc.: The Canadian Poker Tour and World Poker Showdown Present the Costa …
- Latin American Poker Tour Day 3: Canadians Invade Costa Rica for Final Table
- Poker Industry Conference to Be Held December 3-4, 2005 in Costa Rica at San Jose Palacio Hotel / Executive Tournament
- World Poker Live Ready to Launch
Poker terminology:
- LAY ODDS - To give favorable odds to an opponent.
- MANIAC - A player who bets, raises and reraises without regard to the quality of his hand. Most often found in flop games.
- FOLD - To decline to call a bet, thus dropping out of a hand.
- OVER - A term used in describing two pair or a full house. "Kings over tens" means two pair, kings and tens. "Jacks over", also "Jacks up" describes a hand that is two pair: Jacks with an unspecified lower pair. Also used to describe a full house, distinguishing the three of a kind from the pair. The hand J-J-J-A-A could be described as "Full house, Jacks over Aces".
- BICYCLE - The best possible low hand: A-2-3-4-5. More common term: WHEEL.
- BLANK - Used in describing stud and Hold'em games. Refers to a dealt card that does not offer any value; stating the actual rank and suit would detract from a description of the hand. "The last card was a blank.".
RSS feed
