South Carolina Court Declares Poker Legal
Poker’s fight for legal recognition in the United States has been given a boost after a South Carolina court again declared poker to be a game of skill, not a game of chance.
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Poker dictionary:
- FOLD - To decline to call a bet, thus dropping out of a hand.
- SHILL - A card room employee who plays with House money, and does not share in any of his (her) winnings or losses. Shills are used to facilitate starting games, and keeping them going. Compare: PROP.
- HOLE CARDS - In Stud and Hold'em, the face-down cards dealt to each player.
- BET FOR VALUE - Betting a hand that, in the long run, is expected to win more than it loses. Antonym: BLUFF.
- TOURNAMENT - A highly structured game involving potentially dozens of tables where all participants pay an entry fee and obtain a fixed number of chips. Once a tournament has started, additional players may not enter. As the game progresses players bust out and are eliminated until only one winner remains.
- TOKE - Gambling term for "tip", as in "Toke the cocktail waitress". Comes from the term "Token of appreciation".
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