Poker Room Review: Riviera, Las Vegas

The Riviera Hotel and Casino is on ‘that end’ of the Las Vegas Strip. Meaning way up there to the north with Circus Circus and the Stratosphere, up there where they have already blown up the Stardust and are going to demolish…

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Poker glossary:

POCKET ROCKETS - In Hold'em, a pair of aces for hole cards.
FIRE - To make the first bet in a betting round. Used to emphasize that the player bet when a check was possible, showing strength.
BLANK - Used in describing stud and Hold'em games. Refers to a dealt card that does not offer any value; stating the actual rank and suit would detract from a description of the hand. "The last card was a blank.".
FACE CARD - A jack, queen or king (a card with a face on it, not joker).
S&M - Sklansky & Malmuth. Generally refers to the ideas and algorithms published by these two authors. When used in a 7-card stud context, often refers to "7 Card Stud For Advanced Players", and when used in a Hold'em context, often refers to "Texas Hold'em For Advanced Players".
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.

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