Mexico Offers Charity Poker Escape

Last year Texas bikers, poker players and charity workers all received bad news when the Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott stated that poker runs, which involved bikers riding and collecting poker cards to raise money for charities, where effectively illegal. He pointed out that poker is a game of chance, which is illegal gambling in the state’s penal code, and that no one should profit from it, not even a charity. In response, some charitable organizations are seeking new venues to hold their poker related fund raising events, even crossing the border south into Juarez to do it.

The Vista Hills Rotary Club decided to have a poker tournament in Juárez; they expect some 300 El Paso poker players will take the bus from the El Paso convention center, for $125, to the Maria Bonita Hotel in Juárez to play for a $5,000 American Express gift card….

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Mon, February 13th, 2006

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  • SIDE POT - When an active player runs out of money during the course of a hand, the remaining players participate in a second or SIDE POT for the rest of the hand. Additional side pots are possible if several players run out of money at different points in a hand.
  • BLANK - Used in describing stud and Hold'em games. Refers to a dealt card that does not offer any value; stating the actual rank and suit would detract from a description of the hand. "The last card was a blank.".
  • STAND OFF - To call a raise. "Opener raises, I stand off".
  • CHASE - To continue in a hand, often at poor odds, in the hopes of catching a much better hand. "He called, chasing the flush.".
  • WIRED [PAIR] - A pair in the hole. In 5-card stud, a door card that pairs the hole card.
  • MANIAC - A player who bets, raises and reraises without regard to the quality of his hand. Most often found in flop games.
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