Govt stimulus wasted on pokies: Xenophon
Independent Senator Nick Xenophon says many South Australians put their share of the Federal Government's economic stimulus package into poker machines.
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Poker lexicon:
- BUTTON - A distinctive token held by the player sitting in the theoretical dealer's position, when a house dealer is used. The button rotates around the table so that every player has an opportunity to be the last to act. Also, "THE BUTTON" can refer to the player who currently has the button. ("I was the button and called the blind".) Synonyms: BUCK, PUCK.
- RACE - In tournaments it is sometimes convenient to remove all lower-denomination chips from play, as the remaining players' stacks tend to grow. Small chips are converted to larger chips and any odd chips are "raced off" in the following way: each player with odd chips places them in front of his stack and is dealt one card for each chip. Highest card (rank and suit) takes all the small chips and converts them to higher-denomination chips.
- STRAIGHT FLUSH - A hand consisting of 5 cards in sequence and the same suit.
- PASS - Opposite of bet. To check, if checked to. To fold, if bet to.
- 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.
- CRYING CALL - A call made with little chance of ultimately winning, but marginally better than an immediate fold.
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