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During its pilot project last year, Electronics Boutique put a handheld POS terminal in 30 different stores across the U.S. to complement its traditional cash register and help eleviate the bulk of the Christmas crunch. It worked. According to Vinny Luciano, vice-president of product management for New York-based handheld POS terminal manufacturer Symbol Technologies Inc., unlike traditional registers -- which are permanently wired in place and perform limited functions beyond basic sales transactions -- handhelds provide much-needed versatility. Here are the ground rules for this discussion. We're talking about a form of draw poker where a joker is included in the deck. (It counts as an ace or serves to complete a straight or a flush.) The ante is $2 per player; bets are $10 before the draw and $20 after. Now we get to play a game called, "You should be more inclined to bet if. . . " Get out your favorite pencil and a piece of paper. For each statement, write "Bet " if the information makes betting more appetizing. Otherwise, write "Check. " Your opponent has only $15 dollars left; Your opponent would not have come in with less than a pair of aces;Today we're going to talk about something really important about bankrolls... Wait! First, I want to mention something equally important about tournaments. Linda Johnson, in her publisher's column, has been analyzing the rules and structures of tournaments, and suggesting standardized improvements. I strongly agree with most of her suggestions, with the strong exception to any proposal to limit free speech at the poker table. As I wrote last time, I believe your poker hand is your poker hand, and that means you should be able to misrepresent it, lie about it, or even tell the truth about it. That's poker. Any rule -- however well intended -- that limits our ability to do this will never win my approval. Anyway, Robert Turner, one of poker's most capable and dedicated promoters, recently gave me his opinion about a trend in poker tournaments. His opinion belongs on Johnson's list, if it hasn't already been entered. How do you know if the prize pool is the size that it should be? As almost all regular players know, the answer is easy. You simply count the value of the chips and weigh against the dollars awarded. If all tournaments issued dollar-for-dollar chips equaling the amount of your buy-in, the process of comparing would be easy. If the total prize pool to be awarded were announced at $20,000, then the value of chips at the final table to be gathered by the final player after the last pot should also be $20,000. online casino Back to casino news