Senate panel OKs bill that would allow poker tournaments
BATON ROUGE — A Senate committee Tuesday kept alive a bill that would legalize “promotional Texas hold ‘em poker tournaments” in bars, lounges and restaurants that are licensed to sell alcohol, sending the measure to the full Senate for debate.
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Poker terminology:
- AMERICAN AIRLINES - In Hold'em, a pair of Aces in the hole. Better known (at least in rec.gambling) as POCKET ROCKETS.
- POT LIMIT - A game where the maximum bet is determined by the size of the pot at the time. Note that a player wanting to raise first calls the bet, then totals the pot to determine the maximum amount he can raise.
- MILES OF BAD ROAD - Three of a kind. Prefixed with a number, 3*<N>, to indicate 3 <N>s. Thus "24 miles of bad road" is 3 eights, etc. (This obviously doesn't work for face cards.)
- RUSH - A winning streak. Also "ON A RUSH".
- POT ODDS - The amount of money in the pot divided by the amount of money you must bet in order to call. Often used to determine if a pot offers enough reward to play on the come.
- READ - To determine whether an opponent has a good, medium or bad hand by observing his personal behavior. An inexact science.
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