Video poker lawsuit reinstated
A divided federal appeals court has reinstated a lawsuit challenging South Carolina’s law banning video poker. A three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed U.S. District Court Judge David C. Norton’s ruling that Jimmy Martin’s lawsuit did not belong in federal court.
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Poker lingo:
- MANIAC - A player who bets, raises and reraises without regard to the quality of his hand. Most often found in flop games.
- BLACK - When referring to chips, black usually stands for $100 casino chips. "This guy sits down with a stack of blacks and raises the first bet." Not ALL casinos use black for $100 but that is the common usage.
- WORLD SERIES OF POKER - A series of several different poker games with relatively large buy-ins, culminating in a $10,000 buy-in no-limit Hold'em tournament, the winner of which is crowned the World Poker Champion. Sponsored by Binion's Horseshoe Club in Las Vegas.
- FULL HOUSE - A hand consisting of 3-of-a-kind and a (different) pair.
- QUARTER - [1] Twenty-five dollars, often symbolized by a green casino chip. [2] To divide half a pot between two tying hands. In split pot games, a player who "ties" another player for their half of the pot is said to be "quartered". One might say "I didn't bet my A-2 because I figured I'd get quartered".
- FAVORITE - Before all the cards are dealt, a hand that figures to be the winner. Ant: UNDERDOG.
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