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2009 Online Poker Australia

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Online poker Australia is the new up and comer of the poker online industry. Players are offered an instant welcome bonus of %100 up to $400. Players are flocking to the new poker games offered around the Australian poker tables. Players can play Omaha hi, lo, NL and pot limit, and the various types of Texas Holdem. Players like the local feel provided by the site.

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Slang names for poker hands

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In poker, players may often use slang terms for particular types of hands. Though most are recent neologisms, others date to poker's antiquity. All such slang terms typically connect a common concept (from life experience or storytelling) to the hand, in order to more easily characterize its general status relative to other hands. The terms range from whimsical to bawdy, with some being of a racist, sexist, homophobic, or otherwise controversial nature.

The following lists should not be confused with "official" poker terminology.

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Poker tournaments

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Poker tournament

A poker tournament is a tournament at which the winners are decided by playing poker, usually a particular style of poker.

Contrast this to a ring game, where the game is ongoing with no formal structure to determine a single winner in a certain length of time.

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