‘Net poker bid gaining support
SACRAMENTO - The state could be in the Internet poker business next year, if a petition drive catches on. A proposed initiative to create a state-owned Internet poker game drew attention Tuesday from the existing gambling community - including Indian casino tribes - and support from independent experts.
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Poker terminology:
- PASS - Opposite of bet. To check, if checked to. To fold, if bet to.
- 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.
- BLUFF - To make a bet or raise with a poor hand, in hope that the remaining active player(s) will fold.
- HIT - To make a hand or catch a card or cards that improves one's hand. "I hit a gut-shot draw on the river."
- LOCK - A hand that cannot be beat under any circumstances. Also: NUTS.
- WALK - A pot won by the last blind when no one opens.
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