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Illegal Poker Prompted Police To Refresh The Club - 2004-02-13
A seemingly illegal poker tournament at the Blackhawk Country Club has shuffled up residents in this exclusive community and has encouraged police to refresh the club and game participants on the laws of gambling.

Previously unaware of the game, Blackhawk police received a copy of an anonymous flier following the Jan. 14 game -- a game fashioned after the popular World Series of Poker, with stakes raised every hour. The game was supposed to generate a first prize of $5,000 in cash; there was a $200 buy-in for $1,000 in chips.
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Texas Hold'em Betting Rules Of Poker - 2004-02-13
In a full ring game, Hold'em poker is played with a regular 52-card deck and up to 10 participants. A dealer "button" is used to indicate the position of the player who would be dealing the cards if the players were actually dealing the cards themselves.

The player holding the button acts last and thus has a positional advantage that remains throughout the hand. After each hand, the button is moved one position clockwise, so that all players in the game have, after a full round, had exactly the same number of opportunities to hold positional advantage.
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