Lawmakers eye poker proceeds
Poker lovers across New Hampshire have found a place to play for money at the state’s proliferating charitable game rooms. Now, many lawmakers are eyeing a cut for the state.
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Poker dictionary:
- BIG BOBTAIL - An open-ended 4-card straight flush.
- TOURNAMENT - A highly structured game involving potentially dozens of tables where all participants pay an entry fee and obtain a fixed number of chips. Once a tournament has started, additional players may not enter. As the game progresses players bust out and are eliminated until only one winner remains.
- STAKE - The amount of a player's BUY-IN, or the amount of money they are willing to play with in a given session. Compare: BANKROLL.
- BLACK - When referring to chips, black usually stands for $100 casino chips. "This guy sits down with a stack of blacks and raises the first bet." Not ALL casinos use black for $100 but that is the common usage.
- WORLD SERIES OF POKER - A series of several different poker games with relatively large buy-ins, culminating in a $10,000 buy-in no-limit Hold'em tournament, the winner of which is crowned the World Poker Champion. Sponsored by Binion's Horseshoe Club in Las Vegas.
- POCKET PAIR - Generic Hold'em term for 2 hole cards of the same rank.
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