Chips are down as poker clubs await court ruling
A LANDMARK ruling on whether poker is a game of skill or merely luck will decide the future of the growing number of gaming clubs across the country. If poker is deemed to be one of skill, as are chess and bridge, it can remain available to players in members clubs. But if it is seen as one of chance, as are roulette and blackjack, it will legally be played only in licensed casinos. A year-long investigation into Gutshot, a prominent London club, by the Gambling Commission and the Metropolitan …
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Poker terminology:
- PAT - Holding or being dealt a pat hand. "I'm pat" would mean "I don't want to draw any cards.
- DOYLE BRUNSON - In Hold'em, 10-2 in the hole. So named because Doyle Brunson won two straight WSOPs (q.v.) in 1975 and 1976 with 10-2 on the last hand. (Suited (spades) in 1975, unsuited in 1976).
- FOLD - To decline to call a bet, thus dropping out of a hand.
- 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.
- MITES AND LICE - A hand consisting of two pair, threes over twos.
- FOURTH STREET - In stud poker, the fourth card dealt to each player. Sometimes used to refer to the fourth community card dealt in Hold'em, although the more common term for this is TURN (q.v.).
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