Poker Room Review: Montbleu Casino Resort and Spa, Stateline, NV

The Montbleu Resort Casino and Spa has a swanky feel to it with its beautiful open layout, very high ceilings, soft lighting, and beautiful pastel colors. The six-table poker room itself is very large and relatively new, having just opened…

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Useful poker terms:

HOOK - A Jack. So named because the "J" resembles a hook.
DRAW - [1] A class of poker games characterized by players being dealt 5 cards face-down and later having the opportunity to replace some of the original 5. "Draw poker" and "Five-card draw" are examples of usage. [2] In stud and Hold'em games, the set of cards that will be dealt later can be collectively called "the draw". [3] To discard some number of cards and have dealt an equal number of replacements.
DRAWING DEAD - A draw in which it is impossible to obtain a winning hand for any of a variety of reasons: an opponent's hand is better than whatever you are drawing to, the card(s) that make your hand are out of play, or (in Hold'em) give an opponent a stronger hand even if it makes yours. Frequently used in the past tense, since one rarely knows it at the time.
DOOR [CARD] - A player's first upcard in stud games.
SHORT-STACKED - Playing with a only a small amount of money, thus limiting one's risk and reward.
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.).

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