Poker Room Review: The MGM Grand in Las Vegas
The poker room at the MGM Grand is perhaps the best example of the arena style of room layouts. By arena I mean a poker room that is actually out in the middle of the casino. Unlike the secluded poker room of say South Point, or Monte Carlo Casinos…
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Poker jargon:
- TURN - The fourth community card in Hold'em.
- 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.
- TOURNAMENT - A highly structured game involving potentially dozens of tables where all participants pay an entry fee and obtain a fixed number of chips. Once a tournament has started, additional players may not enter. As the game progresses players bust out and are eliminated until only one winner remains.
- FACE CARD - A jack, queen or king (a card with a face on it, not joker).
- BACK DOOR - Applies to a hand that was made in the last card or two, specifically not a hand the player was originally planning on having. Most often applied to straights and flushes.
- FOUR OF A KIND - A hand containing all four cards of the same rank.
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