N.B. government antes up with charity poker law
Eighty-one poker players took part in the first charity “Hold’ em” tournament to be held under New Brunswick’s new gaming laws - including the province’s justice minister.
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Useful poker information:
- RAISE - To wager more than the minimum required to call, forcing other players to put in more money as well.
- ONE-EYED - The jack of hearts, jack of spades or king of diamonds. So named because the characters are drawn in profile, thus showing only one eye.
- OPEN-ENDED STRAIGHT - Four cards to a straight which can be completed by drawing a card at either end. E.g., 6-7-8-9 is an open-ended straight. Also: BOBTAIL STRAIGHT. Compare: INSIDE STRAIGHT.
- WIRED [PAIR] - A pair in the hole. In 5-card stud, a door card that pairs the hole card.
- CUT - To break the deck into 2 stacks of at least 5 cards each. Usually performed by the player to the dealer's right to insure that the the deck is not stacked.
- OPEN-HANDED - A category of games characterized by a part of each player's hand being exposed.
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