It’s a big deal: No-limit poker on state’s horizon
For five days in 2007, big-money poker ruled the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino near Hollywood. Thanks to the casino’s quite liberal — and short-lived — interpretation of state law, players could buy tens of thousands of dollars’ worth of poker chips, or more.
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Useful poker terms:
- MUCK - [1] A collection of face-down cards near the dealer composed of discards, i.e., folded hands, burns and discards for drawing purposes. [2] To throw one's cards into the muck, thus folding.
- LATE BLIND - In addition to "regular" blinds, some games allow a player (particularly a new one) to post a blind bet in return for the right to enter the game immediately and act last on the first betting round. The amount of the blind is determined by house rules, usually somewhere between the last blind and double the last blind. It is frequently a LIVE BLIND.
- SEVENTH STREET - The seventh card dealt in 7-card stud.
- WIRED [PAIR] - A pair in the hole. In 5-card stud, a door card that pairs the hole card.
- BUNNY - An eight. So named because one can easily draw "rabbit ears" above the numeral 8, "paws" in the middle and "feet" at the bottom. (Do this only at home, and not on cards that will be used for play.)
- LOCK - A hand that cannot be beat under any circumstances. Also: NUTS.
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