Province antes up poker plans
Charities have been dealt a new hand to raise money. The terms and conditions for legal, charitable poker licences were released Friday by the provincial government.
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Useful poker terms:
- NUT / NUTS - The best possible hand of a given class. Not a LOCK unless all cards have been dealt. The "nut flush" is the highest possible flush, but might still lose to, e.g., a full house. Usually used in Hold'em games.
- BOAT - A FULL HOUSE, three of a kind and a pair.
- DOOR [CARD] - A player's first upcard in stud games.
- HIGH-LOW SPLIT - Forms of poker in which the pot is split between the best hand and best lowball hand.
- IMPLIED ODDS - A refinement to POT ODDS which includes money not yet in the pot. Considers the potential extra bets and winnings made when a player forms a very good hand.
- MITES AND LICE - A hand consisting of two pair, threes over twos.
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