Internet poker backers all in on Hill push
WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 (UPI) — U.S. backers of Internet gambling say they are pushing ahead with efforts to legalize and regulate online poker and other games.
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Poker glossary:
- HOYLE - Edmund Hoyle (1769-?) was the authoritative source for rules of card games. Hoyle is to card rules as Webster is to word definitions.
- S&M - Sklansky & Malmuth. Generally refers to the ideas and algorithms published by these two authors. When used in a 7-card stud context, often refers to "7 Card Stud For Advanced Players", and when used in a Hold'em context, often refers to "Texas Hold'em For Advanced Players".
- BOARD - The exposed cards in Hold'em and stud. Also BOARD CARDS.
- BEE No. 92 (TM) - Trade name for the "diamond back" cards frequently used in casino games. Compare: RIDER BACK.
- CAP - To cap the betting is to make the last permitted raise in a round.
- 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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