French Poker Players Staging Protests Over New Tax
July 16- French poker players are holding sit-ins, usually occupying poker rooms’ tournament seats, in order to protest the fact that a new tax is being passed onto them.
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Poker jargon:
- RERAISE - To raise after an opponent has raised.
- OFFSUIT - Not of the same suit. "I held A-Q offsuit" or "The flop was 10-6-2 offsuit". When speaking of 5 or more cards, not all/ of the same suit, i.e., no flush, as in "button had A-K-10-8-7 offsuit."
- MARKED CARDS - Cards that have been (illegally) altered so that their value can be read from the back.
- CRYING CALL - A call made with little chance of ultimately winning, but marginally better than an immediate fold.
- FULL OF - Describes a full house. "Fives full of queens" is 5-5-5-Q-Q.
- POSITION - One's location in the betting sequence, relative to the players still in the hand. First position is first to act.
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