Online Poker Addict Sentenced To One Year
Daytime TV host Phillip Schofield also owns a travel agency called Lets Go Travel, for which he does his own commercials. One of his employees, 21 year old Cindy Streets, ran the bureau de change at his Exeter branch; she also played a lot of online poker. It was her addiction to poker and betting exchanges that lead her to taking £26,100 in a four week period in an attempt to gamble her way out of debt.
The Exeter Crown Court was given the story that Streets ex boyfriend persuaded the 21 year old that they would be able to win enough gambling to pay back what she stole and pay off her five credit cards…
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Poker terminology:
- WHITE BLACKBIRD - A hand so astonishingly rare as to be unworthy of the opponents' consideration, e.g., being dealt a pat royal flush in 5-card draw.
- 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.
- SET - In Hold'em, three of a kind where two of the cards are hole cards.
- WHEEL - A-2-3-4-5. Usually discussed in the context of lowball where it is the best possible hand. Can also refer to a 5-high straight in high games. Also: BICYCLE.
- SEVENTH STREET - The seventh card dealt in 7-card stud.
- STUD - Any of several poker games in which some of each players' cards are exposed.
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