Florida Poker War Wages On
In South Florida greyhound racetrack owners were excited to be able to offer poker tournaments to eager players, giving them a chance at a jackpot worth hundreds of dollars by paying a single entry fee. When the state moved in to put a cap on the entry fee, many of the owners sued to have the fee lifted. Once again they were happy when two courts ruled that, under current FL law, the state could not limit the entry fees to $45…
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Useful poker information:
- SPREAD LIMIT - A variation on fixed limit wherein the minimum and maximum bets are different. A 1-4-8 game allows bets from 1 to 4 in the early rounds and 1-8 in the last round. A 1-4-8-16 game allows bets from 1 to 4 in the early rounds, 1 to 8 in the next-to-last round, and 1 to 16 in the last round.
- RAINBOW - In flop games, a flop in which no two cards are of the same suit. "The flop was A 9 7 rainbow."
- BEE No. 92 (TM) - Trade name for the "diamond back" cards frequently used in casino games. Compare: RIDER BACK.
- OPENERS - Cards in a hand that qualify a player to open the betting.
- BOARD - The exposed cards in Hold'em and stud. Also BOARD CARDS.
- BURN - To discard the top card of the deck prior to dealing, usually done for every dealing round except the first. The theory being that if somehow the cards are marked (illegally) no one will know what card will next be dealt, only what card will be burned. This makes marked cards less of an advantage, hence tends to reduce cheating.
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