Senate OKs tax on poker games
CONCORD — The state Senate endorsed a tax on operators of the wildly popular Texas Hold Em’ poker tournaments to pay for state oversight over what’s fast becoming a multimillion-dollar business in New Hampshire. … - By KEVIN LANDRIGAN Staff Writer
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Poker jargon:
- SUICIDE KING - King of Hearts. So named because in the drawing the king appears to be stabbing himself in the head.
- 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.
- STUCK - Down a nontrivial amount of money, as in "he's stuck $800".
- POCKET PAIR - Generic Hold'em term for 2 hole cards of the same rank.
- 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.).
- 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.
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