Judge won’t block video poker law
RALEIGH — A Superior Court judge denied a request Thursday from video poker operators to temporarily block the first phase of a state ban on the machines from taking effect this weekend.
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Poker lingo:
- FREE CARD - A card dealt after all players checked in a betting round.
- NO-LIMIT POKER - A game where there is no maximum bet; a player can wager any amount (perhaps above some minimum) up to whatever money is on the table in front of him.
- 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.
- BELLY BUSTER - An inside straight draw. Same as GUTSHOT.
- FOURTH STREET - In stud poker, the fourth card dealt to each player. Sometimes used to refer to the fourth community card dealt in Hold'em, although the more common term for this is TURN (q.v.).
- GUT SHOT - A draw to an inside straight, as in 2-3-4-6.
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