Police Raiding New York City Poker Clubs
NEW YORK - On a busy night at the New York Players Club in upper Manhattan, vice squad officers wearing bulletproof vests and raid jackets dealt the underground poker scene a losing hand. The team entered unannounced at 11 p.m., detaining dealers, snatching up piles of cash and sending dozens of card players home with empty pockets.
Downtown, another popular card club, Playstation, also was shuttered. In all, police arrested 39 employees and confiscated $100,000. The raids on May 26 —dubbed “Blac…
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Poker terminology:
- RING GAME - A standard game where players can come and go as they choose. The opposite of TOURNAMENT.
- NICKEL - Five dollars, usually represented by a red casino check.
- DEALER'S CHOICE - In home games, a rule that permits the dealer to name which poker game to be played that hand. Often limited to selecting from a list provided.
- POCKET PAIR - Generic Hold'em term for 2 hole cards of the same rank.
- WIRED [PAIR] - A pair in the hole. In 5-card stud, a door card that pairs the hole card.
- POCKET ROCKETS - In Hold'em, a pair of aces for hole cards.
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