Barney Frank Schedules Hearing to Discuss Internet Gambling Legislation
Barney Frank has scheduled a hearing of his House Financial Services Committee for Friday.
This hearing won’t be the promised markup of HR 2267, Frank’s bill to license and regulate Internet gambling. That will…
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Poker slang:
- SCOOP - To take all of a pot that is normally split, either by winning both halves outright or winning one half when no players qualify for the other half.
- FIXED LIMIT - A betting structure where the amount of each bet is a specific fixed quantity. Usually specified as A-B, where A is the amount to bet in the first few betting rounds and B (larger than A) is the amount bet in the later rounds. Related terms: FLAT LIMIT, NO LIMIT, POT LIMIT, SPREAD LIMIT.
- BET - To put money into the pot, pursuant to the rules of the game, thus maintaining a chance of winning the pot.
- DEAD MAN'S HAND - Generically: two pair, aces and eights. Specifically: the black aces, black eights and nine of diamonds. The hand Wild Bill Hickok was holding when he was shot to death.
- FREE CARD - A card dealt after all players checked in a betting round.
- LITTLE SLICK - In Hold'em, hole cards of A-2, suited or not.
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