from Elizabeth Lane Lawley's IL2006 Keynote : Tombstone Hold-em "Players' hands
comprise tombstone-shaped cards: those with rounded tops are hearts;
with pointed tops, spades; with flat tops, diamonds; and with statues
on top, clubs.
Face values depend on the number of people buried at a plot: Stones
with two people are jacks; with three, queens; and with four or more,
kings. If a single person is buried, the card's number is based on
the last digit of the year the person died. "So a gal who died in
1898? She's an 8," explained the game's instructions. "A kid who died
in 1951? He's an ace." "
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Legal Hold'em
?Face Cards citations in Treatises: annotations ?:
Kings - Number of cases cited over 4
Queens - Statute cites
Jacks - Regulations cited
Suites = Sources
Clubs - Treatises - Section or chapter last digit is the number:
Section 3456 of Wigmore is a 6 of clubs.
Diamonds - Regulations (CFR or FR) Title digit or second digit of
title. [i.e. 21 CFR is an ace of Diamonds]
Hearts - Statutes - Title digit or second digit of title. [i.e. 29
USCA is a 9 of Hearts]
Spades - Cases Last number in page citation for case [i.e. 345 US 54
is a 4 of spades]
What will make this relevant as a lesson on legal research??? having
a question, finding a hand from legal research sources? Find part of
the answer in a case - is a King, Find statute relevant, queen, Find
Regulation - Jack, all answers in Treatise, ace?
Then have to show hand i.e. research back-up and whoever has the
highest hand, wins?
Will have to play this to see if it is possible.
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Real Rules of Texas Hold'em
In hold'em, players receive two downcards as their personal hand
(holecards), after which there is a round of betting. Three
boardcards are turned simultaneously (called the "flop") and another
round of betting occurs. The next two boardcards are turned one at a
time, with a round of betting after each card. The boardcards are
community cards, and a player may use any five-card combination from
among the board and personal cards. A player may even use all of the
boardcards and no personal cards to form a hand (play the board). A
dealer button is used. The usual structure is to use two blinds, but
it is possible to play the game with one blind, multiple blinds, an
ante, or combination of blinds plus an ante.
Object: The best possible five card poker hand, using any combination
of hole cards and community cards, wins the pot.
Betting Rounds
1.The dealer deals each player their own two cards face-down (pocket
cards)
2.1st betting round
3.The dealer burns a card then turns over three community cards face-up
(the flop)
4.2nd betting round
5.The dealer burns another card then turns over 1 more community card
(the turn,4th street)
6.3rd betting round
7.The dealer burns another card then turns over 1 final community
card (the river,5th street )
8.Last betting round
9.Showdown (Every remaining player shows hand with bettor showing first)
All remaining players must use one of the following choices at the
showdown:
1. Two pocket cards & three boardcards
2. One pocket card & four boardcards
3. No pocket cards & five boardcards (called playing the board)
Texas Hold'em Rules
1. If the first holecard dealt is exposed, a misdeal results. The
dealer will retrieve the card, reshuffle, and recut the cards. If any
other holecard is exposed due to a dealer error, the deal continues.
The exposed card may not be kept. After completing the hand, the
dealer replaces the card with the top card on the deck, and the
exposed card is then used for the burncard. If more than one holecard
is exposed, this is a misdeal and there must be a redeal.
2. If the flop contains too many cards, it must be redealt. (This
applies even if it were possible to know which card was the extra one.)
3. If the flop needs to be redealt because the cards were prematurely
flopped before the betting was complete, or the flop contained too
many cards, the boardcards are mixed with the remainder of the deck.
The burncard remains on the table. After shuffling, the dealer cuts
the deck and deals a new flop without burning a card. [See –
Explanations, discussion #2, for more information on this rule.]
4. If the dealer turns the fourth card on the board before the
betting round is complete, the card is taken out of play for that
round, even if subsequent players elect to fold. The betting is then
completed. The dealer burns and turns what would have been the fifth
card in the fourth card's place. After this round of betting, the
dealer reshuffles the deck, including the card that was taken out of
play, but not including the burncards or discards. The dealer then
cuts the deck and turns the final card without burning a card. If the
fifth card is turned up prematurely, the deck is reshuffled and dealt
in the same manner. [See – Explanations, discussion #2, for more
information on this rule.]
5. If the dealer mistakenly deals the first player an extra card
(after all players have received their starting hands), the card will
be returned to the deck and used for the burncard. If the dealer
mistakenly deals more than one extra card, it is a misdeal.
6. You must declare that you are playing the board before you throw
your cards away; otherwise you relinquish all claim to the pot.
Rules provided by Bob Ciaffone via ROBERT'S RULES OF POKER
