Poker Runs Ruled Illegal in Texas
While not exactly “poker,” the popular “poker run” has become a more and more popular off-shoot of the current poker boom. Unfortunately for participants and the charities the runs usually benefit, the Texas Attorney General has deemed them illegal.
A poker run is a contest in which participants pay an entry fee, like in a poker tournament, and drive around collecting playing cards from different places. The people who finish the run with the best hands…
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Useful poker information:
- MITES AND LICE - A hand consisting of two pair, threes over twos.
- OPEN-ENDED STRAIGHT - Four cards to a straight which can be completed by drawing a card at either end. E.g., 6-7-8-9 is an open-ended straight. Also: BOBTAIL STRAIGHT. Compare: INSIDE STRAIGHT.
- COMPUTER HAND - Texas Hold'em hole cards of Q-7 offsuit. More generically, any hand that computer analysis/simulation determines is positive but turns out to be difficult to play in practice.
- CRYING CALL - A call made with little chance of ultimately winning, but marginally better than an immediate fold.
- POT - The total amount of money bet so far in a hand.
- TURN - The fourth community card in Hold'em.
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