New Poker Parlor in Phoenix

Southern Arizona has poker rooms in operation that the state says are illegal but their owner, a retried judge, says are not. Harold Lee of Tombstone is not only continuing to operate the poker rooms in defiance of the State’s wishes but plans on opening another poker parlor in Phoenix as well as in Tucson. Lee’s argument for the legality of his operation is the distinction between poker and other forms of gambling: he says poker is based on skill while the others are primarily based on luck…

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Poker lexicon:

FIRE - To make the first bet in a betting round. Used to emphasize that the player bet when a check was possible, showing strength.
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."
SCOOP - To take all of a pot that is normally split, either by winning both halves outright or winning one half when no players qualify for the other half.
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.
STRING BET - An unethical and often illegal means of raising whereby a player puts a call-size stack of chips into the pot and, after observing the reactions of the players, then goes back to his stack and puts out more, thus raising.
BUTTON CHARGE - A periodic fee paid by whoever is the button, perhaps every 20 minutes or 30 minutes. Constitutes part or all of the HOUSE CUT.

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