Our View: Video-poker ban phase-in is just a tactic to keep the business alive.
Jim Black and his pals in the video-poker industry are beginning to sound like whiny kids protesting a curfew: All the other kids get to stay out as late as they want how about if I get home by midnight instead of 10?
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Poker jargon:
- POT - The total amount of money bet so far in a hand.
- INSIDE STRAIGHT - Four cards to a straight, where only one rank will complete the hand. E.g., 4-5-6-8 is an inside straight since only a 7 will fill (i.e., complete) the hand. Often called a GUT-SHOT. Compare: BOBTAIL STRAIGHT, OPEN-ENDED STRAIGHT.
- POT LIMIT - A game where the maximum bet is determined by the size of the pot at the time. Note that a player wanting to raise first calls the bet, then totals the pot to determine the maximum amount he can raise.
- LOWBALL - Generic term for poker where the lowest hand wins.
- SPREAD LIMIT - A variation on fixed limit wherein the minimum and maximum bets are different. A 1-4-8 game allows bets from 1 to 4 in the early rounds and 1-8 in the last round. A 1-4-8-16 game allows bets from 1 to 4 in the early rounds, 1 to 8 in the next-to-last round, and 1 to 16 in the last round.
- ROLLED UP - In seven-card stud, being dealt three of a kind in the first three cards.
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