North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 99 - State Gaming Commission › Article 99-01.3 - Games of Chance › Chapter 99-01.3-09 - Poker › Section 99-01.3-09-02 - Definitions

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
1. "Action" is a
				binding verbal statement or physical gesture of intention.
2. "Add-on" is the last opportunity a player
				has to buy additional chips in an attempt to better the player's chances to win
				in a tournament that allows the additional purchase of chips. The amount and
				time restriction is found in the tournament rules.
3. "Ante" is a player's forced bet of a
				predetermined amount into the pot before the first card of the hand is
				dealt.
4. "Bet" is the act of
				making a wager on a betting round.
5. "Betting round" is a complete cycle in a
				hand of poker after all players have called or folded.
6. "Blind bet" is a forced bet made before
				the first card of the hand is dealt. A small blind, which is usually one-half
				of a minimum bet, is made by the first player to the left of the dealer button
				and a big blind, which is usually the minimum bet amount, is made by player to
				the left of the first player.
7.
				"Button" is a token used to indicate the dealer position at the table for
				determining the order of betting.
8. "Bounty" is a feature in some poker
				tournaments that rewards a player for eliminating another player. Bounties must
				be of equal value and no bounty may be of an unknown value.
9. "Buyin" is the minimum amount of money
				required to enter a tournament in exchange for a set amount of chips.
10. "Call" is to match a bet or match a
				raise.
11. "Check" is to waive the
				right to initiate the betting in a round, but to retain the right to
				call.
12. "Chip dumping" is a
				strategy whereby one player deliberately loses chips to another
				player.
13. "Community cards" are
				cards dealt face upward which can be used by all players to make their best
				hand.
14. "Deal" is the
				distribution of playing cards among the players.
15. "Flop" is the first three community cards
				dealt face up at one time.
16.
				"Fold" is a player discarding a hand during a betting round by refusing to
				match a bet.
17. "Hand" is a game
				in a series beginning with a shuffle and ending with the awarding of a pot. It
				is also used to describe the cards held by a player, or the best five cards of
				a player's holding.
18. "Misdeal"
				is a hand in which a dealing mistake was made and requires the hand to be dealt
				again.
19. "Open", "openers", "to
				open", is the first bet in any betting round.
20. "Poker run" is an event in which each
				participant in the event follows a charted course, stopping at five to seven
				checkpoints along the route to pick up a single playing card. Upon all
				participants' arrival at the final checkpoint, a showdown of the poker hands is
				conducted and prizes are awarded.
21. "Pot" is a collection of the total amount
				wagered by all players at a poker table for a hand and awarded to the winning
				players.
22. "Raise" is a bet in an
				amount greater than the immediately preceding bet in that betting
				round.
23. "Rebuy" is when a player
				qualifies to purchase another buyin during a tournament that allows a player to
				continue competing in the tournament. The number and time restriction are found
				in the tournament rules.
24.
				"Satellite" is a qualifying tournament in which the prizes awarded must include
				a buyin to a larger tournament.
25.
				"Showdown" is the revealing of each player's hand by the player after the last
				bet to determine the winners of the pot.
26. "Side game" is a poker game running
				concurrently with a tournament and made up of players who have either been
				eliminated or opted not to play in the tournament.
27. "Soft play" is failing to bet or raise in
				a situation that would normally merit it; to intentionally go easy on a
				player.
General Authority:
NDCC 53-06.1-01.1
Law Implemented:
NDCC 53-06.1-01.1,
					 53-06.1-07.2