Poker Players Protest Proposed Massachusetts Bill
March 19, 2008 – 4:38 pmYesterday, only a few dozen poker players turned out for a rally to protest a proposed Massachusetts bill, at Boston Commons, that would make gambling and playing online poker in the state illegal. The rally was held by the Poker Players Alliance and Harvard’s Global Poker Strategic Thinking Society.
The bill in question, proposed by Gov. Deval Patrick, would also allow three licenses for casinos in the state, in addition to the internet ban.
The rally took place an hour before a scheduled public hearing on the Massachusetts Casino Expansion bill for the benefit of the Joint Committee on Economic Development and Emerging Technologies.
One Response to “Poker Players Protest Proposed Massachusetts Bill”
What is poker anyway?
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Poker is a popular type of card game in which players bet on the value of the card combination (”hand”) in their possession, by placing a bet into a central pot. The winner is the one who holds the hand with the highest value according to an established hand rankings hierarchy, or otherwise the player who remains “in the hand” after all others have folded (the player who makes an un-called bet.).
Poker has many variations, all following a similar pattern of play. Depending on the variant, hands may be formed using cards, which are concealed from others, or from a combination of concealed cards and community cards.
Other games that use poker hand rankings may likewise be referred to as “poker”. Video poker is a single-player computer game that functions much like a slot machine.
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