Luck runs out on businesses with illegal poker games
Eighteen poker machines may have spun their last reel. During the past several months, deputies with the Macon County Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Unit have run an undercover operation targeting illegal use of video poker machines at several Macon County businesses.
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Useful poker information:
- HOUSE RULE - Rules and interpretations (e.g., use of wild cards, or rules on having to show beaten hands) that are specific to an establishment or even tables within the establishment.
- GOOD GAME - A game with players worse than you so that you can expect to win a lot of money.
- EXPECTATION - The long-run [dis-]advantage of a given situation, specifically without reference to any particular outcome. I.e., what you figure to win [lose] on average after a large number of repetitions of the same situation.
- FOURTH STREET - In stud poker, the fourth card dealt to each player. Sometimes used to refer to the fourth community card dealt in Hold'em, although the more common term for this is TURN (q.v.).
- DEAD MONEY - Money contributed to the pot by players who have folded.
- QUALIFIER - A minimum standard that a hand must meet in order to win. Usually applied to the lowball side of a high-low split pot.
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