Though banned, video poker will keep NC law enforcement busy
RALEIGH, N.C. Although North Carolina’s 14-year experiment with video poker officially ended over the weekend, that doesn’t mean every machine in the state has gone dark.
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Poker slang:
- POCKET ROCKETS - In Hold'em, a pair of aces for hole cards.
- FULL OF - Describes a full house. "Fives full of queens" is 5-5-5-Q-Q.
- SEAT POSITION - The actual seat a player has, normally numbered sequentially starting with 1 as the first seat to dealer's left. Not to be confused with POSITION in a particular pot. Typically unrelated to play of a hand but often important in peripheral aspects, e.g.: "Seats 1 and 10 are nonsmoking here", "Seat 5 has a good view of the table", "Seat 3 is in a high-traffic area".
- READ - To determine whether an opponent has a good, medium or bad hand by observing his personal behavior. An inexact science.
- ON THE COME - A situation where the player does not have a complete hand but hopes to make one if the right cards come up.
- FREE CARD - A card dealt after all players checked in a betting round.
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