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 talk:
- PAY OFF - Calling a bet with little expectation of winning, unless the opponent is bluffing.
- DEAD MONEY - Money contributed to the pot by players who have folded.
- 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.
- CRYING CALL - A call made with little chance of ultimately winning, but marginally better than an immediate fold.
- STRAIGHT - A hand consisting of 5 cards in sequence but not in suit.
- FULL OF - Describes a full house. "Fives full of queens" is 5-5-5-Q-Q.
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