The PokerNews Mailbag: Best in the World, UIGEA Delay, Home Games

In our last mailbag we discussed Jeffrey Pollack’s departure from the World Series of Poker, “Isildur1,” Joe Cada, and the UIGEA deadline. Well, this week in the ‘ol editor@pokernews.com account we’ll learn more about the UIGEA, who I think the best…

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Poker dictionary:

• RAGS - Board cards that are small, not suited and not in sequence, e.g., 9-5-2. When "rags flop", it is unlikely that anyone has a good hand, except possibly the big blind in an unraised pot.
• RERAISE - To raise after an opponent has raised.
• BAD-BEAT JACKPOT - In some cardrooms, a prize that is shared by the players in a game, when a very good hand (usually Aces full, or better) is beaten by a higher hand. Jackpots are usually financed by taking a drop ($1 is a common amount) from every pot. A typical division of the jackpot will give the losing hand 50 %, the winning hand 25 %, and the other players at the table share the remaining 25 % of the Jackpot.
• BURN - To discard the top card of the deck prior to dealing, usually done for every dealing round except the first. The theory being that if somehow the cards are marked (illegally) no one will know what card will next be dealt, only what card will be burned. This makes marked cards less of an advantage, hence tends to reduce cheating.
• FREE CARD - A card dealt after all players checked in a betting round.
• REPRESENT - Implying, by one's betting style, that one has a particular hand.