Directing Commerce Casino’s poker tournaments with a strong hand
The gig: Getting poker players to risk hundreds, sometimes thousands, of dollars to enter Commerce Casino’s tournaments can present a marketing challenge in this economy. But that’s nothing compared with the organizational skill it takes to feed thousands of players, staff their games with competent dealers and keep participants from tearing at one another’s throats.
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Useful poker information:
- CUT - To break the deck into 2 stacks of at least 5 cards each. Usually performed by the player to the dealer's right to insure that the the deck is not stacked.
- RUNNER-RUNNER - A hand made using both of the last two cards dealt.
- KICKER - In hands containing pairs and trips, the highest card not matched. In draw games, sometimes a card kept for deception purposes.
- STAKE - The amount of a player's BUY-IN, or the amount of money they are willing to play with in a given session. Compare: BANKROLL.
- LIVE BLIND - The last and largest blind bet may or may not be LIVE. If LIVE, the blind bettor has the option of "raising" his own blind in the event the bet is called around to him. This is normal, and is sometimes referred to as "blinds are live".
- RAISE - To wager more than the minimum required to call, forcing other players to put in more money as well.

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