Court ruling could shake up water wars, hurt Georgia’s standing
If the Georgia-Alabama-Florida water wars were a poker game, Georgia’s high card might be an agreement it secured in 2003 for rights to about a quarter of the water in Lake Lanier, a huge federal reservoir outside Atlanta.
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Useful poker information:
- OUT - [1] A card that will improve your hand, often substantially. A hand with many OUTS is preferable to a hand with only 1 or 2. [2] Folded, ineligible to bet or win this hand. "I'm out" is often a synonym for "I fold".
- GUT SHOT - A draw to an inside straight, as in 2-3-4-6.
- SUITED - Two or more cards all the same suit. Ant: OFF-SUIT.
- MITES AND LICE - A hand consisting of two pair, threes over twos.
- HOUSE RULE - Rules and interpretations (e.g., use of wild cards, or rules on having to show beaten hands) that are specific to an establishment or even tables within the establishment.
- PROP - Also PROPOSITION PLAYER. An employee of the gaming establishment whose primary purpose is to keep enough players at a table to prevent breaking up the game for lack of players. Unlike SHILLs "props" make a small hourly wage but play with their own money, winning or losing based on their skill.
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