Charity aside, poker runs are not legal, Abbott rules
No more bluffing, folks. It’s time to fold ‘em, according to Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott, who has decided that poker runs the popular charity motorcycle rides amount to illegal gambling.
Among the main culprits? Police officers. They and others have used poker runs for decades to raise money for charities and other good causes.
Poker runs, like the one in August on Lake Travis in which Joette Davis, left, participated, are illegal if winners receive prizes, the Texas attorney general says. The events are often held to raise money for charity.
Abbott’s opinion, issued Monday, was a response to a request by the Galveston County district attorney’s office, which in June asked whether a poker run sponsored by a nonprofit group was legal. Participants in that run received a five-card hand for each $10 charity donation…
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Useful poker information:
- FLAT CALL - To call a bet. Emphasizes that the caller did not raise.
- DOYLE BRUNSON - In Hold'em, 10-2 in the hole. So named because Doyle Brunson won two straight WSOPs (q.v.) in 1975 and 1976 with 10-2 on the last hand. (Suited (spades) in 1975, unsuited in 1976).
- STUD - Any of several poker games in which some of each players' cards are exposed.
- EXPECTATION - The long-run [dis-]advantage of a given situation, specifically without reference to any particular outcome. I.e., what you figure to win [lose] on average after a large number of repetitions of the same situation.
- BET FOR VALUE - Betting a hand that, in the long run, is expected to win more than it loses. Antonym: BLUFF.
- BAD GAME - Any game in which you figure to be the loser, because the other players are better than you.
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