Snowmobile clubs folding poker runs
BANGOR, Maine - More than two dozen snowmobile clubs across Maine have canceled fundraising poker runs after being told they had to buy a state gambling license for the events, according to the Maine Snowmobile Association.
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Poker lexicon:
- LAY ODDS - To give favorable odds to an opponent.
- PASSED OUT. - A hand in which nobody opens. What happens next is a function of the game being played.
- CHASE - To continue in a hand, often at poor odds, in the hopes of catching a much better hand. "He called, chasing the flush.".
- FLAT CALL - To call a bet. Emphasizes that the caller did not raise.
- COMPUTER HAND - Texas Hold'em hole cards of Q-7 offsuit. More generically, any hand that computer analysis/simulation determines is positive but turns out to be difficult to play in practice.
- SIDE POT - When an active player runs out of money during the course of a hand, the remaining players participate in a second or SIDE POT for the rest of the hand. Additional side pots are possible if several players run out of money at different points in a hand.
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