Box: Police Crack Down on NYC Poker Scene
THE SCENE: Underground poker clubs operate in rented offices, back rooms and other nondescript locations. Unlike casinos that keep a portion of the pot, patrons pay about $5 per half-hour to sit at tables.
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Poker jargon:
- UNDER THE GUN - The position that has to act first in a round of betting.
- ON TILT - Playing worse (usually, more aggressively) than usual because a player has become emotionally upset.
- ACTION - Money that is being bet. "NO ACTION" means a hand or game has few bettors and fewer raisers. "Gimme some action" is ostensibly a plea for calls and raises.
- SHILL - A card room employee who plays with House money, and does not share in any of his (her) winnings or losses. Shills are used to facilitate starting games, and keeping them going. Compare: PROP.
- SPREAD LIMIT - A variation on fixed limit wherein the minimum and maximum bets are different. A 1-4-8 game allows bets from 1 to 4 in the early rounds and 1-8 in the last round. A 1-4-8-16 game allows bets from 1 to 4 in the early rounds, 1 to 8 in the next-to-last round, and 1 to 16 in the last round.
- 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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