‘Poker Bustouts’: The OTHER Side Of The Poker Equation
As both the World Series of Poker, the World Poker Tour and other television productions have brought the glamour and prestige of the poker world…
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Useful poker terms:
- MARKED CARDS - Cards that have been (illegally) altered so that their value can be read from the back.
- BUTTON CHARGE - A periodic fee paid by whoever is the button, perhaps every 20 minutes or 30 minutes. Constitutes part or all of the HOUSE CUT.
- OPEN-HANDED - A category of games characterized by a part of each player's hand being exposed.
- RAKE - Money taken from each pot and given to the house in return for hosting the game. Usually a percentage of the pot (5%-10%) up to some maximum amount.
- FACE CARD - A jack, queen or king (a card with a face on it, not joker).
- TO GO - The current betting level, as in "$20 to go" meaning every player must contribute $20 (total) or drop. A $10 raise would then make the pot "$30 to go".
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