Baltimore officials eye $3,000 fee on poker machines
Baltimore officials eye new tax system to help close budget gap Gamblers sipping beer at the East Baltimore bar have plenty of options. There’s a Keno monitor in one corner. A vending machine offers scratch-off lottery tickets in another. Screens show horses running in another. And against one wall stands a bank of four video poker machines.
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Poker jargon:
- LOWBALL - Generic term for poker where the lowest hand wins.
- POCKET ROCKETS - In Hold'em, a pair of aces for hole cards.
- PROP - Also PROPOSITION PLAYER. An employee of the gaming establishment whose primary purpose is to keep enough players at a table to prevent breaking up the game for lack of players. Unlike SHILLs "props" make a small hourly wage but play with their own money, winning or losing based on their skill.
- MITES AND LICE - A hand consisting of two pair, threes over twos.
- SEMI-BLUFF - To bluff with a come hand that figures to win if it hits.
- STACKED [DECK] - A deck that has been arranged to give one player a huge advantage. Also: RIGGED.
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