NSW poker laws under review
NEW SOUTH WALES, Australia — As reported by the Brisbane Times: Poker game laws are under review in NSW because of an explosion in player numbers, sky-rocketing jackpots, allegations of cheating and the arrival into pubs and clubs of foreign gambling interests.
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Poker terminology:
- NICKEL - Five dollars, usually represented by a red casino check.
- BURN - To discard the top card of the deck prior to dealing, usually done for every dealing round except the first. The theory being that if somehow the cards are marked (illegally) no one will know what card will next be dealt, only what card will be burned. This makes marked cards less of an advantage, hence tends to reduce cheating.
- SMALL BLIND - In games with two blinds the first blind is the SMALL BLIND because it is usually one-half (or less) the second or large blind.
- STUD - Any of several poker games in which some of each players' cards are exposed.
- OMAHA - A variant of Hold'em where each player receives 4 hole cards and must use exactly two of them (together with 3 of 5 board cards) to make a hand. Often played high-low split with an 8 qualifier for low.
- STRAIGHT FLUSH - A hand consisting of 5 cards in sequence and the same suit.
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