Poker Ruling a Bad Beat for Poker Club
A poker club took a hit recently by a court ruling that says that poker games are licensed affairs if the club takes a cut. The chairman of the Gutshot Club was found guilty of running unlicensed poker games in a court case that has been closely watched by the poker community. The 1968 Gaming Act takes sway in this event according to the prosecution, and the jury agreed…
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Poker terminology:
- OVERPAIR - In Hold'em, a pair in the hole that is larger than any community card on the board.
- NICKEL - Five dollars, usually represented by a red casino check.
- DRAW OUT - To catch a card that improves your situation from a losing hand to a winning hand, especially when you beat someone holding a hand that usually figures to win.
- 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.
- OVER - A term used in describing two pair or a full house. "Kings over tens" means two pair, kings and tens. "Jacks over", also "Jacks up" describes a hand that is two pair: Jacks with an unspecified lower pair. Also used to describe a full house, distinguishing the three of a kind from the pair. The hand J-J-J-A-A could be described as "Full house, Jacks over Aces".
- WHITE BLACKBIRD - A hand so astonishingly rare as to be unworthy of the opponents' consideration, e.g., being dealt a pat royal flush in 5-card draw.
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