The Vegas Poker Boom Continues
The anticipated opening of poker rooms in two Las Vegas strip mega-resorts this spring will mark a climatic year of unprecedented growth in the gambling Mecca’s’s poker scene…
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Poker glossary:
- TOKE - Gambling term for "tip", as in "Toke the cocktail waitress". Comes from the term "Token of appreciation".
- SHORT-STACKED - Playing with a only a small amount of money, thus limiting one's risk and reward.
- COLD CALL - Calling both a bet and raise at the same time, as opposed to calling a bet then later calling a raise made after the call.
- TABLE STAKES - A standard rule whereby during a hand players can only bet the money they have on the table. If the bet to a player is more than the player's stack, that player may call with all his chips and be eligible to win only that portion of the pot he contributed to equally. A side pot is created, for which only the remaining players may compete.
- PAT HAND - In draw poker, a hand that does not need any more cards. Specifically, a straight, flush, full house or straight flush. One might bluff and represent a pat hand but actually hold something else.
- DOOR [CARD] - A player's first upcard in stud games.
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