Illinois bar owners buy into video poker plan
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — Illinois bar owners say state lawmakers did the right thing by agreeing to legalize video poker. They say many bars and taverns wouldn’t survive without the machines.
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Casino poker language:
- SET - In Hold'em, three of a kind where two of the cards are hole cards.
- EXPECTATION - The long-run [dis-]advantage of a given situation, specifically without reference to any particular outcome. I.e., what you figure to win [lose] on average after a large number of repetitions of the same situation.
- STEAM - Playing wildly, calling and raising a lot, because one is upset. Compare: ON TILT.
- FILL - To draw a card that makes a five-card hand (straight, flush, full house, straight flush).
- SHARK - A good/crafty player often posing as a fish early in the game.
- COLD CALL - Calling both a bet and raise at the same time, as opposed to calling a bet then later calling a raise made after the call.
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