Senate passes video poker ban
RALEIGH — The Senate passed a ban on video poker today, making the machines illegal anywhere except at a casino on tribal lands. The issue heads to the House next week.Click
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Poker terminology:
- CUT - To break the deck into 2 stacks of at least 5 cards each. Usually performed by the player to the dealer's right to insure that the the deck is not stacked.
- OPENER - The player who opens the betting, especially in draw poker. A hand may have no openers, in which case it is PASSED OUT, i.e., new hands are dealt.
- DOOR [CARD] - A player's first upcard in stud games.
- 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.
- LOWBALL - Generic term for poker where the lowest hand wins.
- GOOD GAME - A game with players worse than you so that you can expect to win a lot of money.
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