Poker rooms deal state coffers a winning hand
TALLAHASSEE — Florida’s economy may be slumping, but revenue from poker rooms is growing.
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Poker jargon:
- SHORT-STACKED - Playing with a only a small amount of money, thus limiting one's risk and reward.
- BLUFF - To make a bet or raise with a poor hand, in hope that the remaining active player(s) will fold.
- DRAW OUT - To catch a card that improves your situation from a losing hand to a winning hand, especially when you beat someone holding a hand that usually figures to win.
- IN - Still eligible to win the pot. "I'm in" is often spoken as one adds chips to the pot, calling.
- FIXED LIMIT - A betting structure where the amount of each bet is a specific fixed quantity. Usually specified as A-B, where A is the amount to bet in the first few betting rounds and B (larger than A) is the amount bet in the later rounds. Related terms: FLAT LIMIT, NO LIMIT, POT LIMIT, SPREAD LIMIT.
- FOURTH STREET - In stud poker, the fourth card dealt to each player. Sometimes used to refer to the fourth community card dealt in Hold'em, although the more common term for this is TURN (q.v.).

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