$.5M in poker fees appropriated for Saipan infrastructure projects
Gov. Juan N. Babauta signed House Bill 14-43 into law on Monday that appropriated another half a million dollars from the local poker license fees to fund infrastructure projects on Saipan.
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Useful poker terms:
- CHECK RAISE - To check initially, then raise a bet made later on in the same betting round. Frequently a sign of strength, but may be a bluff.
- REPRESENT - Implying, by one's betting style, that one has a particular hand.
- FLUSH - A poker hand consisting of five cards all one suit.
- BLACK - When referring to chips, black usually stands for $100 casino chips. "This guy sits down with a stack of blacks and raises the first bet." Not ALL casinos use black for $100 but that is the common usage.
- DOOR [CARD] - A player's first upcard in stud games.
- CAP - To cap the betting is to make the last permitted raise in a round.
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