UIGEA: A Month Later
Nearing in on a month since the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act took full effect, and all is well. That law intended to stop Internet gambling by choking off the funding source for sites, but hasn’t done anything to slow down the online…
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Poker terminology:
- OPENER - The player who opens the betting, especially in draw poker. A hand may have no openers, in which case it is PASSED OUT, i.e., new hands are dealt.
- TAP - In no-limit games, to wager all of one's money in one bet.
- DEAD MONEY - Money contributed to the pot by players who have folded.
- POCKET ROCKETS - In Hold'em, a pair of aces for hole cards.
- MUCK - [1] A collection of face-down cards near the dealer composed of discards, i.e., folded hands, burns and discards for drawing purposes. [2] To throw one's cards into the muck, thus folding.
- MARKED CARDS - Cards that have been (illegally) altered so that their value can be read from the back.
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