Clubs reject poker machine tax offer
New South Wales clubs have voted to pay a levy to fund a campaign against the State Government in the lead-up to the next election. One thousand delegates voted unanimously today to reject the Government’s latest offer on poker machine tax, saying the big clubs are still being unfairly hit.
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Useful poker information:
- STACKED [DECK] - A deck that has been arranged to give one player a huge advantage. Also: RIGGED.
- TURN - The fourth community card in Hold'em.
- LOOSE - Playing more hands than the norm. Antonym: TIGHT.
- LIMIT POKER - A poker game wherein the amount to be bet is fixed, or at most variable within a prescribed minimum and maximum. Ant.: NO-LIMIT POKER.
- 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.
- OPEN-ENDED STRAIGHT - Four cards to a straight which can be completed by drawing a card at either end. E.g., 6-7-8-9 is an open-ended straight. Also: BOBTAIL STRAIGHT. Compare: INSIDE STRAIGHT.
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