Crackdown raises the ante for underground poker clubs
NEW YORK — On a busy night at the New York Players Club in upper Manhattan, vice squad officers wearing bulletproof vests dealt the underground poker scene a losing hand.
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Useful poker information:
- SIXTH STREET - The sixth card dealt in 7-card stud.
- S&M - Sklansky & Malmuth. Generally refers to the ideas and algorithms published by these two authors. When used in a 7-card stud context, often refers to "7 Card Stud For Advanced Players", and when used in a Hold'em context, often refers to "Texas Hold'em For Advanced Players".
- STUCK - Down a nontrivial amount of money, as in "he's stuck $800".
- WALK - A pot won by the last blind when no one opens.
- LITTLE SLICK - In Hold'em, hole cards of A-2, suited or not.
- POT LIMIT - A game where the maximum bet is determined by the size of the pot at the time. Note that a player wanting to raise first calls the bet, then totals the pot to determine the maximum amount he can raise.
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