Party Poker Announces Christmas Promotions

November 26 - Three exciting new promotions running at popular online poker room during the month leading up to Christmas.

TRIPS - Three of a kind. In Hold'em the term SET is used when two of the three cards are hole cards.
STRAIGHT - A hand consisting of 5 cards in sequence but not in suit.
ALL-IN - To have all of one's chips in the pot. A player who is all-in cannot be forced out of the pot by more betting, but is only eligible to win that portion of the pot he has contributed to. Generally, a SIDE POT is created each time a player is all-in.
DEAD MONEY - Money contributed to the pot by players who have folded.
POCKET ROCKETS - In Hold'em, a pair of aces for hole cards.
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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