Cops’ ex-lawyer ordered to testify in poker probe
A Ridgewood lawyer is fighting a subpoena that commands him to testify before a Morris County grand jury about legal advice he gave two Roxbury police officers, who set up what police allege was an illegal poker casino that operated in Dover.
At the request of the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office, the grand jury in October issued a subpoena to attorney Amato Galasso that ordered him to appear today, ready to testify. He was told to come armed with all records relating to the 5th Street Club and …
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Useful poker information:
- CHASE - To continue in a hand, often at poor odds, in the hopes of catching a much better hand. "He called, chasing the flush.".
- POT - The total amount of money bet so far in a hand.
- OPEN-HANDED - A category of games characterized by a part of each player's hand being exposed.
- TABLE STAKES - A standard rule whereby during a hand players can only bet the money they have on the table. If the bet to a player is more than the player's stack, that player may call with all his chips and be eligible to win only that portion of the pot he contributed to equally. A side pot is created, for which only the remaining players may compete.
- SCOOP - To take all of a pot that is normally split, either by winning both halves outright or winning one half when no players qualify for the other half.
- FULL OF - Describes a full house. "Fives full of queens" is 5-5-5-Q-Q.
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