Pa. taprooms fear crackdown on poker machines as casinos open
The dawn of state-licensed casinos has prompted concerns about the financial future of Pennsylvania’s 3,100 private clubs, some of which have long relied on revenue from illegal poker machines.
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Useful poker information:
- STRAIGHT FLUSH - A hand consisting of 5 cards in sequence and the same suit.
- BICYCLE - The best possible low hand: A-2-3-4-5. More common term: WHEEL.
- MAIN POT - The main pot, as related to one or more side pots, when there are one or more all-in player(s). The main pot is the one in which all active players participate.
- DOYLE BRUNSON - In Hold'em, 10-2 in the hole. So named because Doyle Brunson won two straight WSOPs (q.v.) in 1975 and 1976 with 10-2 on the last hand. (Suited (spades) in 1975, unsuited in 1976).
- ACTION - Money that is being bet. "NO ACTION" means a hand or game has few bettors and fewer raisers. "Gimme some action" is ostensibly a plea for calls and raises.
- HIGH-LOW SPLIT - Forms of poker in which the pot is split between the best hand and best lowball hand.
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