West Virginia Poker Faces Conservative Opposition
A bill that would allow table games, including poker, passed through the West Virginia legislature and was signed by Governor Joe Manchin on March 21, 2007. But a conservative family values organization is trying to insure…
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Poker glossary:
- BIG SLICK - In Texas Hold'em, hole cards of A-K, suited or not.
- FREEZE-OUT - A table-stakes game that continues until a small number of players (possibly only one) has all the money. The major event in The World Series of Poker is a freeze-out game.
- TRIPS - Three of a kind. In Hold'em the term SET is used when two of the three cards are hole cards.
- ON TILT - Playing worse (usually, more aggressively) than usual because a player has become emotionally upset.
- FLOORMAN - The casino representative in charge of the card room or a section of a card room. Arbitrates disputes when unusual events happen.
- NUT / NUTS - The best possible hand of a given class. Not a LOCK unless all cards have been dealt. The "nut flush" is the highest possible flush, but might still lose to, e.g., a full house. Usually used in Hold'em games.
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