Atlantic City Bleeds as Would-Be Gamblers Pay Bills Instead
Dec. 30 (Bloomberg) — Its 3:45 a.m. in Atlantic City, New Jersey, and Jimmy Panagiotou just walked away from the poker table after 5 1/2 hours, about $200 lighter.
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Poker jargon:
- POT LIMIT - A game where the maximum bet is determined by the size of the pot at the time. Note that a player wanting to raise first calls the bet, then totals the pot to determine the maximum amount he can raise.
- LIMIT POKER - A poker game wherein the amount to be bet is fixed, or at most variable within a prescribed minimum and maximum. Ant.: NO-LIMIT POKER.
- FULL HOUSE - A hand consisting of 3-of-a-kind and a (different) pair.
- ROLLED UP - In seven-card stud, being dealt three of a kind in the first three cards.
- STRAIGHT FLUSH - A hand consisting of 5 cards in sequence and the same suit.
- FLAT LIMIT - A variant of fixed limit where all bets are the same amount.
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