Massachusetts Casino Bill Receives Negative Committee Recommendation
Wednesday, the Massachusetts House Joint Committee on Economic Development and Emerging Technologies voted 10-8 to reject Governor Deval Patrick’s proposed bill to build three casinos and criminalize online poker in the state…
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Poker lingo:
- BRODERICK CRAWFORD - In Hold'em, hole cards of 10-4. From the 1950s TV series "Highway Patrol", starring Broderick Crawford.
- QUALIFIER - A minimum standard that a hand must meet in order to win. Usually applied to the lowball side of a high-low split pot.
- SHORT-STACKED - Playing with a only a small amount of money, thus limiting one's risk and reward.
- HIGH-LOW SPLIT - Forms of poker in which the pot is split between the best hand and best lowball hand.
- ROYAL FLUSH - An ace-high straight flush, the best possible hand in regular poker.
- STUCK - Down a nontrivial amount of money, as in "he's stuck $800".
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