The Nightly Turbo: Change to the All-Time Money Rankings, Possible Instrastate Online Poker in Florida, and More
It’s the last day of January, one of the more action-packed months of poker in recent memory. And the month was punctuated by a busy weekend, too, that saw Main Event titles won in Australia and France, big online scores in the Sunday…
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Useful poker terms:
- OPEN-ENDED STRAIGHT - Four cards to a straight which can be completed by drawing a card at either end. E.g., 6-7-8-9 is an open-ended straight. Also: BOBTAIL STRAIGHT. Compare: INSIDE STRAIGHT.
- RAKE - Money taken from each pot and given to the house in return for hosting the game. Usually a percentage of the pot (5%-10%) up to some maximum amount.
- RUSH - A winning streak. Also "ON A RUSH".
- 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.
- FLAT LIMIT - A variant of fixed limit where all bets are the same amount.
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