The Nightly Turbo: Estonia Blocks Online Poker, Belgium Will Allow Online Poker, and a Devilfish Movie?
The Estonian government has placed a block on foreign online poker sites and the Estonians are less than happy, Belgium is opening the doors to online poker operators in 2011, and Devilfish is making a movie. Yes, we know one of these things is…
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Poker dictionary:
- DOUBLE BELLY BUSTER - A two-way inside straight. E.g., 3-5-6-7-9.
- CAP - To cap the betting is to make the last permitted raise in a round.
- FLOORMAN - The casino representative in charge of the card room or a section of a card room. Arbitrates disputes when unusual events happen.
- FIRE - To make the first bet in a betting round. Used to emphasize that the player bet when a check was possible, showing strength.
- RERAISE - To raise after an opponent has raised.
- 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".
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