North Carolina Votes Tomorrow on Video Poker Machines
Monday, June 5, the long war against video poker machines may come to a close in the southern state of North Carolina. The state Senate is expected to vote tomorrow on a bill that, if passed, would ban video poker machines in North Carolina by the summer of 2007. Since 2000, the Senate has approved a ban five times but has been blocked from turning it into law…
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Poker argot:
- HOOK - A Jack. So named because the "J" resembles a hook.
- WORLD SERIES OF POKER - A series of several different poker games with relatively large buy-ins, culminating in a $10,000 buy-in no-limit Hold'em tournament, the winner of which is crowned the World Poker Champion. Sponsored by Binion's Horseshoe Club in Las Vegas.
- POSSIBLE [STRAIGHT/FLUSH] - Up cards that quite possibly could lead to a straight and/or a flush.
- KICKER - In hands containing pairs and trips, the highest card not matched. In draw games, sometimes a card kept for deception purposes.
- QUALIFIER - A minimum standard that a hand must meet in order to win. Usually applied to the lowball side of a high-low split pot.
- FAMILY POT - A pot where all of the players at the table are participating, even after each has had an opportunity to act.
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