State rules on poker iffy at best
It made little sense for Oregon authorities to swoop down on the Alpine Tavern and tell the folks there that they cant play low-stakes poker, as an Oregon State Police trooper assigned to the Oregon Lottery recently did, shutting down the Wednesday night game after its third week.
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Poker glossary:
- BURN - To discard the top card of the deck prior to dealing, usually done for every dealing round except the first. The theory being that if somehow the cards are marked (illegally) no one will know what card will next be dealt, only what card will be burned. This makes marked cards less of an advantage, hence tends to reduce cheating.
- LOWBALL - Generic term for poker where the lowest hand wins.
- BIG BOBTAIL - An open-ended 4-card straight flush.
- HOLE CARDS - In Stud and Hold'em, the face-down cards dealt to each player.
- 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.
- SPREAD LIMIT - A variation on fixed limit wherein the minimum and maximum bets are different. A 1-4-8 game allows bets from 1 to 4 in the early rounds and 1-8 in the last round. A 1-4-8-16 game allows bets from 1 to 4 in the early rounds, 1 to 8 in the next-to-last round, and 1 to 16 in the last round.
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