Manitoba Gaming Control Commission Cracks Down On Poker
It turns out that poker playing in Winnipeg is illegal. At least, the kind of poker playing that Coyotes nightclub has been hosting, Texas HoldÂ’em events that have drawn hundreds of players over the last few months. This Sunday, however, there will be no game, as owner Carey Paul had to cancel the event after getting notification from the Manitoba Gaming Control Commission that what he was doing was illegal…
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Poker lexicon:
- SIXTH STREET - The sixth card dealt in 7-card stud.
- OVER - A term used in describing two pair or a full house. "Kings over tens" means two pair, kings and tens. "Jacks over", also "Jacks up" describes a hand that is two pair: Jacks with an unspecified lower pair. Also used to describe a full house, distinguishing the three of a kind from the pair. The hand J-J-J-A-A could be described as "Full house, Jacks over Aces".
- MANIAC - A player who bets, raises and reraises without regard to the quality of his hand. Most often found in flop games.
- STAND OFF - To call a raise. "Opener raises, I stand off".
- CASE - The fourth card of a particular rank, as in "he folded the case 9" when describing where all the 9s were in a hand. Comes from the game of Faro where an employee of the house, called the "case keeper". kept track of the number of each rank of card remaining.
- LOWBALL - Generic term for poker where the lowest hand wins.
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