Section 99-01.3-09-02 - Definitions1. "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.N.D. Admin Code 99-01.3-09-02
Effective May 1, 1998; amended effective July 1, 2000; July 1, 2002; July 1, 2004; October 1, 2006; July 1, 2010; July 1, 2012.Amended by Administrative Rules Supplement 2016-360, April 2016, effective 4/1/2016.Amended by Administrative Rules Supplement 369, July 2018, effective 7/1/2018.General Authority: NDCC 53-06.1-01.1
Law Implemented: NDCC 53-06.1-01.1, 53-06.1-07.2