N.C.’s video poker ban overturned
A state court struck down North Carolina’s nearly three-year-old ban on video poker late Thursday. The order, however, was immediately put on hold until the case is heard by the state Court of Appeals. Superior Court Judge Howard Manning Jr. in Wake County ruled that the state legislature cannot ban the machines throughout most of the state while allowing the Cherokee Indian tribe in …
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Useful poker information:
- TRIP - Three of a specific kind, as in "Trip sixes".
- OPENER - The player who opens the betting, especially in draw poker. A hand may have no openers, in which case it is PASSED OUT, i.e., new hands are dealt.
- SIXTH STREET - The sixth card dealt in 7-card stud.
- BET FOR VALUE - Betting a hand that, in the long run, is expected to win more than it loses. Antonym: BLUFF.
- RUNNER-RUNNER - A hand made using both of the last two cards dealt.
- KICKER TROUBLE - Not having as high a kicker as an opponent.
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