Poker in the Big Sky
Montana folks don’t give a damn what happens in Las Vegas; what’s more, they hope it stays there. Here, you’re more likely to see only bear breasts.
“Big Sky Country” is wide open spaces, long distances, breath-taking scenery, and few people. It’s small towns… and not a lot of them.
Unlike other states, in Montana you don’t find big casinos and huge herds of players prowling the premises. In a state that has so few people, a full Hold’em game is considered a crowd.
Poker in Montana is more like it was on the frontier - almost every bar and tavern provides a few tables and a dealer. That’s how it’s been since two great American poker players Buffalo Bill Cody and Wild Bill Hickock came through.
At the head waters of the Missouri River, just miles from the Rocky Mountains, is Great Falls. In 1805, Lewis and Clark reported the falls could be heard from seven miles away!
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- STEAM - Playing wildly, calling and raising a lot, because one is upset. Compare: ON TILT.
- WORLD SERIES OF POKER - A series of several different poker games with relatively large buy-ins, culminating in a $10,000 buy-in no-limit Hold'em tournament, the winner of which is crowned the World Poker Champion. Sponsored by Binion's Horseshoe Club in Las Vegas.
- JOKER - A 53rd card in the deck, distinct from the others, used as a wild card or as a BUG.
- STUD - Any of several poker games in which some of each players' cards are exposed.
- SEMI-BLUFF - To bluff with a come hand that figures to win if it hits.
- LIVE BLIND - The last and largest blind bet may or may not be LIVE. If LIVE, the blind bettor has the option of "raising" his own blind in the event the bet is called around to him. This is normal, and is sometimes referred to as "blinds are live".
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