Poker Club Manager Convicted Under U.K. Gambling Laws
Jan. 16 (Bloomberg) — The manager of a 23,000-member private card club in London was convicted today of violating Britain’s gambling laws after a jury decided poker is a game of chance, not pure skill.
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Useful poker information:
- BIG BLIND - A blind bet, usually a raise of an earlier blind which would be called the SMALL BLIND. In limit poker, the BIG BLIND is usually the size of the minimum bet on the first round of betting.
- SPREAD LIMIT - A variation on fixed limit wherein the minimum and maximum bets are different. A 1-4-8 game allows bets from 1 to 4 in the early rounds and 1-8 in the last round. A 1-4-8-16 game allows bets from 1 to 4 in the early rounds, 1 to 8 in the next-to-last round, and 1 to 16 in the last round.
- BOAT - A FULL HOUSE, three of a kind and a pair.
- RERAISE - To raise after an opponent has raised.
- BICYCLE - The best possible low hand: A-2-3-4-5. More common term: WHEEL.
- PASSED OUT. - A hand in which nobody opens. What happens next is a function of the game being played.
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