Poker machines under scrutiny
Political pressure on the gambling industry is set to intensify after the Senate agreed to an inquiry.
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Poker lexicon:
- 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."
- CALLER - One who calls. Sometimes used collectively, as in "3 callers".
- BARN - A FULL HOUSE, three of a kind and a pair.
- LEAK - To show one's hole cards (often unknowingly).
- PAT HAND - In draw poker, a hand that does not need any more cards. Specifically, a straight, flush, full house or straight flush. One might bluff and represent a pat hand but actually hold something else.
- OVERCALL - To call a bet after one or more players already called.
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