Alex Rodriguez Admonished For Playing Poker
Alex Rodriguez has been warned by the Yankees to stop frequenting underground poker clubs in New York. The Manhattan based poker clubs are illegal and unregulated. They tend to be shut down in raids by the police, and have also been robbed in the past. Why doesn’t A-Rod just play online poker like the rest of us? Simple answer - because for Alex it’s all about seeming cool…
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Poker lingo:
- BARN - A FULL HOUSE, three of a kind and a pair.
- BEE No. 92 (TM) - Trade name for the "diamond back" cards frequently used in casino games. Compare: RIDER BACK.
- TOP TWO PAIR - In flop games, having hole cards that make the highest possible two pair hand.
- OMAHA - A variant of Hold'em where each player receives 4 hole cards and must use exactly two of them (together with 3 of 5 board cards) to make a hand. Often played high-low split with an 8 qualifier for low.
- BURN - To discard the top card of the deck prior to dealing, usually done for every dealing round except the first. The theory being that if somehow the cards are marked (illegally) no one will know what card will next be dealt, only what card will be burned. This makes marked cards less of an advantage, hence tends to reduce cheating.
- LITTLE SLICK - In Hold'em, hole cards of A-2, suited or not.
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