Poker Room Review: John Ascuaga’s Nugget, Sparks, NV
I’ve often wondered if there was any room left in the expanding casino world for a first-class, independent casino. So many places I’ve played in are either run by the super-large corporations or are faltering, especially…
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Poker terminology:
- PROP - Also PROPOSITION PLAYER. An employee of the gaming establishment whose primary purpose is to keep enough players at a table to prevent breaking up the game for lack of players. Unlike SHILLs "props" make a small hourly wage but play with their own money, winning or losing based on their skill.
- DEAD MAN'S HAND - Generically: two pair, aces and eights. Specifically: the black aces, black eights and nine of diamonds. The hand Wild Bill Hickok was holding when he was shot to death.
- STUCK - Down a nontrivial amount of money, as in "he's stuck $800".
- ROYAL FLUSH - An ace-high straight flush, the best possible hand in regular poker.
- QUALIFIER - A minimum standard that a hand must meet in order to win. Usually applied to the lowball side of a high-low split pot.
- JOKER - A 53rd card in the deck, distinct from the others, used as a wild card or as a BUG.
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