Jeff Haney analyzes the shady subject of whether or not sunglasses should be allowed in major poker tournaments
Caesars Palace will give two players a chance to win a $20,000 seat in the field of 64 in the National Heads-Up Poker Championship March 1-4. A traditional-format poker tournament will be at 3 p.m. Feb. 10 in the Caesars tournament room to determine the winners.
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Poker jargon:
- BUTTON CHARGE - A periodic fee paid by whoever is the button, perhaps every 20 minutes or 30 minutes. Constitutes part or all of the HOUSE CUT.
- 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.
- RAGS - Board cards that are small, not suited and not in sequence, e.g., 9-5-2. When "rags flop", it is unlikely that anyone has a good hand, except possibly the big blind in an unraised pot.
- CASE - The fourth card of a particular rank, as in "he folded the case 9" when describing where all the 9s were in a hand. Comes from the game of Faro where an employee of the house, called the "case keeper". kept track of the number of each rank of card remaining.
- OVERCALL - To call a bet after one or more players already called.
- LIMIT POKER - A poker game wherein the amount to be bet is fixed, or at most variable within a prescribed minimum and maximum. Ant.: NO-LIMIT POKER.
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