Florida Poker Rules Keep Changing
In South Florida, Dania Jai-Alai manager John Knox watched over a full card room, despite changes in local laws limiting the number of chips on the table. The poker room was a full as usual, according to workers at the gambling spot. Recent law changes have served to reduce the entry fees and the stakes, which means less money to be won by the players. When Knox sued to increase the limits on wagering for poker in South Florida, the courts agreed, and for a time things were going smoothly for FL poker…
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Poker slang:
- ONE-EYED - The jack of hearts, jack of spades or king of diamonds. So named because the characters are drawn in profile, thus showing only one eye.
- DEAD MAN'S HAND - Generically: two pair, aces and eights. Specifically: the black aces, black eights and nine of diamonds. The hand Wild Bill Hickok was holding when he was shot to death.
- BIG SLICK - In Texas Hold'em, hole cards of A-K, suited or not.
- STAND OFF - To call a raise. "Opener raises, I stand off".
- FAMILY POT - A pot where all of the players at the table are participating, even after each has had an opportunity to act.
- POSITION - One's location in the betting sequence, relative to the players still in the hand. First position is first to act.
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