Video poker: Will it create gambling addicts or help Illinois?

Thousands of new video poker machines throughout Illinois will become a temptress for the addicted, advocates for problem gamblers say.

POSITION - One's location in the betting sequence, relative to the players still in the hand. First position is first to act.
EDGE - An advantage over an opponent, either specific or subjective.
FREEZE-OUT - A table-stakes game that continues until a small number of players (possibly only one) has all the money. The major event in The World Series of Poker is a freeze-out game.
DRAWING DEAD - A draw in which it is impossible to obtain a winning hand for any of a variety of reasons: an opponent's hand is better than whatever you are drawing to, the card(s) that make your hand are out of play, or (in Hold'em) give an opponent a stronger hand even if it makes yours. Frequently used in the past tense, since one rarely knows it at the time.
RAINBOW - In flop games, a flop in which no two cards are of the same suit. "The flop was A 9 7 rainbow."
TRIPS - Three of a kind. In Hold'em the term SET is used when two of the three cards are hole cards.

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