House Financial Services Committee Holds First Hearing
U.S. Congress took the first step toward potentially legalizing and regulating the online poker industry Thursday with a hearing in the House Financial Services Committee. As initial baby steps usually go, little was actually accomplished but the…
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Useful poker information:
- RUSH - A winning streak. Also "ON A RUSH".
- CAP - To cap the betting is to make the last permitted raise in a round.
- SUITED - Two or more cards all the same suit. Ant: OFF-SUIT.
- FOLD - To decline to call a bet, thus dropping out of a hand.
- SEVENTH STREET - The seventh card dealt in 7-card stud.
- DEAD MONEY - Money contributed to the pot by players who have folded.
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