Sweet Home Resident Seeks Approval for Poker Tournaments
They run them in Springfield - that is one of the arguments used by Sweet Home resident Daniel Simonson when he appealed to the City Council Public Safety Committee on November 14 on the topic of Simonson’s running of a poker tournament in the city limits. His plan is not to take any money from the players themselves, but rather the bars where he would set up the events. His role would be to take the fees, act as the tournament director, and distribute the prizes…
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Poker terminology:
- REBUY - [1] To purchase additional chips after an initial buy-in, usually after losing most or all of the previous buy-in. This term is most often used in certain tournaments where if one loses all one's chips, or falls below a certain minimum chip level, for an additional sum of money one can purchase a fixed amount of additional tournament chips. Usually there is a time limit (The "REBUY PERIOD") as to how long rebuys are allowed. [2] The additional chips "rebought" in tournament play.
- FLAT LIMIT - A variant of fixed limit where all bets are the same amount.
- MUCK - [1] A collection of face-down cards near the dealer composed of discards, i.e., folded hands, burns and discards for drawing purposes. [2] To throw one's cards into the muck, thus folding.
- PAY OFF - Calling a bet with little expectation of winning, unless the opponent is bluffing.
- PROP - Also PROPOSITION PLAYER. An employee of the gaming establishment whose primary purpose is to keep enough players at a table to prevent breaking up the game for lack of players. Unlike SHILLs "props" make a small hourly wage but play with their own money, winning or losing based on their skill.
- TURN - The fourth community card in Hold'em.

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