Florida Considers Legalizing No-Limit Poker as Part of Gaming Expansion
If a new proposal in the Florida Senate prevails, true no-limit poker will soon be available at Seminole Tribe resorts and parimutuel outlets across the state. Last week, the Senate unveiled…
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Poker jargon:
- FIRE - To make the first bet in a betting round. Used to emphasize that the player bet when a check was possible, showing strength.
- LOCK - A hand that cannot be beat under any circumstances. Also: NUTS.
- SEMI-BLUFF - To bluff with a come hand that figures to win if it hits.
- STRING BET - An unethical and often illegal means of raising whereby a player puts a call-size stack of chips into the pot and, after observing the reactions of the players, then goes back to his stack and puts out more, thus raising.
- ON TILT - Playing worse (usually, more aggressively) than usual because a player has become emotionally upset.
- SHARK - A good/crafty player often posing as a fish early in the game.
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