Card Room Round-Up: Binion’s Gambling Hall
The 2005 World Series of Poker broadcast on ESPN is airing the final two days of the main event played at the downtown Las Vegas Binion’s Horseshoe Casino, now named Binion’s. I thought it a good idea to review the poker room so readers will have some advance background in the properties poker rich history. If you’re coming to Vegas and plan to play some cash game or tournament poker then stop downtown and test your skill and luck where it all started.
Binion’s Gambling Hall and Hotel located at 128 East Fremont Street in downtown Las Vegas has more poker history than any casino poker room in the city. The original small casino sat on a corner on Fremont Street in downtown … Continue reading Card Room Round-Up: Binion’s Gambling Hall
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Poker argot:
- PASS - Opposite of bet. To check, if checked to. To fold, if bet to.
- TRIP - Three of a specific kind, as in "Trip sixes".
- DRAW - [1] A class of poker games characterized by players being dealt 5 cards face-down and later having the opportunity to replace some of the original 5. "Draw poker" and "Five-card draw" are examples of usage. [2] In stud and Hold'em games, the set of cards that will be dealt later can be collectively called "the draw". [3] To discard some number of cards and have dealt an equal number of replacements.
- PROP - Also PROPOSITION PLAYER. An employee of the gaming establishment whose primary purpose is to keep enough players at a table to prevent breaking up the game for lack of players. Unlike SHILLs "props" make a small hourly wage but play with their own money, winning or losing based on their skill.
- ASSAULT RIFLE - In Omaha, hole cards that are A-K-4-7 of any suit(s).
- DECLARE - In high/low games, declaring one's hand as high or low or both ways (usually done with chips in hand). Usually played in home games; casinos tend to play CARDS SPEAK.
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