Charities want poker fundraising to be legal
Non-profit groups in New Brunswick are asking the province to legalize charitable poker tournaments. Unregulated gambling is a criminal offence, but poker players don’t have any trouble finding a game. At least two bars in Saint John are openly advertising poker tournaments.
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Casino poker language:
- BET - To put money into the pot, pursuant to the rules of the game, thus maintaining a chance of winning the pot.
- TOP PAIR - In flop games, having a hole card that matches the highest card on the board.
- SUITED - Two or more cards all the same suit. Ant: OFF-SUIT.
- DEAD MAN'S HAND - Generically: two pair, aces and eights. Specifically: the black aces, black eights and nine of diamonds. The hand Wild Bill Hickok was holding when he was shot to death.
- UNDER THE GUN - The position that has to act first in a round of betting.
- FREEROLL - [1] A poker tournament that does not charge a buy-in fee; players must earn buy-in credits through previous play at the same establishment. [2] Having a lock on part of a pot (sure to win a greater fraction of the pot than one is betting) and playing to win more or all of it.
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