Gambling and the Law: Amnesty for Internet poker sites?
Poker operators who took online bets from residents of the United States have received enough good and bad new this year to last a lifetime. First, Nevada regulators approved a partnership between Caesars and 888. Steve Wynn announced he would work with PokerStars in the hopes of setting up PokerStarsWynn.com, to accept American players.
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Poker dictionary:
- BAD GAME - Any game in which you figure to be the loser, because the other players are better than you.
- BICYCLE - The best possible low hand: A-2-3-4-5. More common term: WHEEL.
- DRAWING DEAD - A draw in which it is impossible to obtain a winning hand for any of a variety of reasons: an opponent's hand is better than whatever you are drawing to, the card(s) that make your hand are out of play, or (in Hold'em) give an opponent a stronger hand even if it makes yours. Frequently used in the past tense, since one rarely knows it at the time.
- FLOORMAN - The casino representative in charge of the card room or a section of a card room. Arbitrates disputes when unusual events happen.
- ON TILT - Playing worse (usually, more aggressively) than usual because a player has become emotionally upset.
- ALL-IN - To have all of one's chips in the pot. A player who is all-in cannot be forced out of the pot by more betting, but is only eligible to win that portion of the pot he has contributed to. Generally, a SIDE POT is created each time a player is all-in.
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