Washington State Poker Issue Hearing Date Set
In Washington State playing online poker is considered a felony, a change in the law that occurred in 2006 and placed online poker players in the same criminal class as other Class C Felons such as child abusers. Renton, WA attorney Lee Rousso has taken action to change the law and requested a hearing to declare the law unconstitutional. Rousso, the Poker Players Alliance’s representative for Washington, has recently received a hearing date…
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Poker lexicon:
- COMMUNITY CARDS - Cards that are available for every player to use in making a hand. Usually dealt face up somewhere in the middle of the table.
- READ - To determine whether an opponent has a good, medium or bad hand by observing his personal behavior. An inexact science.
- HOLE CARDS - In Stud and Hold'em, the face-down cards dealt to each player.
- BIG SLICK - In Texas Hold'em, hole cards of A-K, suited or not.
- BUTTON CHARGE - A periodic fee paid by whoever is the button, perhaps every 20 minutes or 30 minutes. Constitutes part or all of the HOUSE CUT.
- JOKER - A 53rd card in the deck, distinct from the others, used as a wild card or as a BUG.
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