Poker Helps Settle Score in Politics

In the state of New Mexico they have a tradition that a game of chance will be used to serve as a tie breaker in elections. Over the last decade this has been done three times, with the latest happening just recently in Estancia, New Mexico. The candidates for Town Trustee, Josie Richards and Michelle Dunlap, played a game of poker that lasted one hand to decide who would win the seat…

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Poker slang:

TABLE STAKES - A standard rule whereby during a hand players can only bet the money they have on the table. If the bet to a player is more than the player's stack, that player may call with all his chips and be eligible to win only that portion of the pot he contributed to equally. A side pot is created, for which only the remaining players may compete.
EVEN-MONEY - A bet that pays off exactly the amount wagered. E.g., "Double or nothing" is an even-money bet.
CALLER - One who calls. Sometimes used collectively, as in "3 callers".
CRYING CALL - A call made with little chance of ultimately winning, but marginally better than an immediate fold.
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.).
ACTION - Money that is being bet. "NO ACTION" means a hand or game has few bettors and fewer raisers. "Gimme some action" is ostensibly a plea for calls and raises.

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