‘Skill’ of poker under scrutiny
Poker requires a “staggering” amount of information to be absorbed by players, a court hears.
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Poker lingo:
- GOOD GAME - A game with players worse than you so that you can expect to win a lot of money.
- BIG BOBTAIL - An open-ended 4-card straight flush.
- 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.
- COLD CALL - Calling both a bet and raise at the same time, as opposed to calling a bet then later calling a raise made after the call.
- ASSAULT RIFLE - In Omaha, hole cards that are A-K-4-7 of any suit(s).
- CARDS SPEAK - Winner(s) of the hand are determined by turning their cards face up, the best hand(s) wins (no declaration).
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