Poker players to get reprieve
Prosecutors plan to toss charges from raid; police consider refiling … City prosecutors announced yesterday that they would throw out gambling charges against 80 poker players swept up in a recent police raid at a South Baltimore club because officers had used the wrong subsection …
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Poker lingo:
- SUITED - Two or more cards all the same suit. Ant: OFF-SUIT.
- SUICIDE KING - King of Hearts. So named because in the drawing the king appears to be stabbing himself in the head.
- SMALL BLIND - In games with two blinds the first blind is the SMALL BLIND because it is usually one-half (or less) the second or large blind.
- TRIP - Three of a specific kind, as in "Trip sixes".
- TO GO - The current betting level, as in "$20 to go" meaning every player must contribute $20 (total) or drop. A $10 raise would then make the pot "$30 to go".
- CHASE - To continue in a hand, often at poor odds, in the hopes of catching a much better hand. "He called, chasing the flush.".
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