Harvard Student Group to Rally at Statehouse to Protest Possible Jail Terms for Poker Players

The Global Poker Strategic Thinking Society (GPSTS), the group formed at Harvard Law School to promote poker as an educational tool, is co-sponsoring a rally Tuesday at the Statehouse with the Massachusetts chapter of the Poker Players Alliance to protest the criminalization of poker in Governor Deval Patrick’s gaming bill.

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Poker talk:

• OPEN - Make the first bet in a hand, especially in draw poker.
• RAKE - Money taken from each pot and given to the house in return for hosting the game. Usually a percentage of the pot (5%-10%) up to some maximum amount.
• DOUBLE BELLY BUSTER - A two-way inside straight. E.g., 3-5-6-7-9.
• SCOOP - To take all of a pot that is normally split, either by winning both halves outright or winning one half when no players qualify for the other half.
• OVERCALL - To call a bet after one or more players already called.
• 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.