2008 Norwegian Poker Championships Relocated to United Kingdom
Differences regarding poker’s legal status in various European locales have again been demonstrated with the announced relocation of the 2008 Norwegian Poker Championships, which won’t be held in Norway at all, but will instead take place…
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Casino poker language:
- CARDS SPEAK - Winner(s) of the hand are determined by turning their cards face up, the best hand(s) wins (no declaration).
- LOCK - A hand that cannot be beat under any circumstances. Also: NUTS.
- FULL OF - Describes a full house. "Fives full of queens" is 5-5-5-Q-Q.
- SHILL - A card room employee who plays with House money, and does not share in any of his (her) winnings or losses. Shills are used to facilitate starting games, and keeping them going. Compare: PROP.
- PASSED OUT. - A hand in which nobody opens. What happens next is a function of the game being played.
- OFFSUIT - Not of the same suit. "I held A-Q offsuit" or "The flop was 10-6-2 offsuit". When speaking of 5 or more cards, not all/ of the same suit, i.e., no flush, as in "button had A-K-10-8-7 offsuit."
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