Poker Game Ends in Five Deaths
Gunmen opened fire on a poker game in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, killing five and sending residents scurrying for cover. The shooting happened Monday night at a mechanic’s garage in the violence-plagued border city across the Rio Grande from Laredo.
Investigators say the residents who fled the gunfire refused to talk to police when officers arrived on the scene. There are no arrests yet and police say they’re still trying to identify one of the dead today.
But one of the victims was 50-year-old Mario Alberto Barrera. He’d been a former police officer…
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Poker terminology:
- HOOK - A Jack. So named because the "J" resembles a hook.
- RIDER BACK (TM) - A brand of playing cards that feature a bicycle rider on the back of the cards. Often used in home games. Compare: BEE No. 92.
- BUTTON CHARGE - A periodic fee paid by whoever is the button, perhaps every 20 minutes or 30 minutes. Constitutes part or all of the HOUSE CUT.
- OPEN-ENDED STRAIGHT - Four cards to a straight which can be completed by drawing a card at either end. E.g., 6-7-8-9 is an open-ended straight. Also: BOBTAIL STRAIGHT. Compare: INSIDE STRAIGHT.
- POSITION - One's location in the betting sequence, relative to the players still in the hand. First position is first to act.
- GUT SHOT - A draw to an inside straight, as in 2-3-4-6.
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