Poker Court Case Adds Evidence
While the UK court hearing the case of the Gutshot Club in Clerkenwell has to decide whether or not poker is a game of skill or chance to determine the club owner’s guilt or innocence of the charge, evidence of the club owner taking a cut from poker games was introduced. Derek Kelly, 46, says the two charges against him for violating the Gaming Act don’t hold water, because the game of poker is a game of skill. Police countered with evidence that on two occasions they observed the club taking a cut from the poker proceedings, and that was the part that brought the charges forward.
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Useful poker terms:
- PASS - Opposite of bet. To check, if checked to. To fold, if bet to.
- 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.
- JOKER - A 53rd card in the deck, distinct from the others, used as a wild card or as a BUG.
- CALLER - One who calls. Sometimes used collectively, as in "3 callers".
- 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.
- RAIL - A barrier dividing the card playing area from a public area.
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