Wyoming Poker All In
Wyoming poker industry and the people who play it were given a freeroll recently when the Senate Travel Committee, by unanimous endorsement, passed a bill that allows social poker games to come back to the pubs and bars of the state. “Social gambling” is what Sen. Mike Massie, D-Albany called it when people play poker at a bar and buy drinks there at the same time, and the state has decided that social gambling is just fine…
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Poker glossary:
- STRAIGHT - A hand consisting of 5 cards in sequence but not in suit.
- IN - Still eligible to win the pot. "I'm in" is often spoken as one adds chips to the pot, calling.
- 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.
- DEAD MAN'S HAND - Generically: two pair, aces and eights. Specifically: the black aces, black eights and nine of diamonds. The hand Wild Bill Hickok was holding when he was shot to death.
- REPRESENT - Implying, by one's betting style, that one has a particular hand.
- LATE BLIND - In addition to "regular" blinds, some games allow a player (particularly a new one) to post a blind bet in return for the right to enter the game immediately and act last on the first betting round. The amount of the blind is determined by house rules, usually somewhere between the last blind and double the last blind. It is frequently a LIVE BLIND.
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