Long Island Warehouse Was Illegal Poker Haven
Six people have been arrested for running a sophisticated but illegal poker hideout on Long Island in New York City. The warehouse where the operations took place was guarded by lookouts using communicators and surveillance equipment, but it was not enough to prevent the police from finding out about the operation and shutting it down.
Around ten grand in cash was taken by the police during the Thursday night raid, as well as card tables, poker chips and the operations patrol vehicle, a sports utility vehicle police had observed patrolling the parking lot in front of the warehouse.
When community complaints made their way to the police, the officers observed two men outside the warehouse who used their communicators to inform those inside whether a potential player should be allowed admittance. All six people arrested are charged with second degree counts of gambling promotion….
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Poker lexicon:
- RAISE - To wager more than the minimum required to call, forcing other players to put in more money as well.
- OVERPAIR - In Hold'em, a pair in the hole that is larger than any community card on the board.
- FLOP - [1] In Hold'em, the first three community cards, dealt simultaneously. [2] To deal a flop, or to make a hand on a flop. "I flopped trips".
- SEAT POSITION - The actual seat a player has, normally numbered sequentially starting with 1 as the first seat to dealer's left. Not to be confused with POSITION in a particular pot. Typically unrelated to play of a hand but often important in peripheral aspects, e.g.: "Seats 1 and 10 are nonsmoking here", "Seat 5 has a good view of the table", "Seat 3 is in a high-traffic area".
- OVER - A term used in describing two pair or a full house. "Kings over tens" means two pair, kings and tens. "Jacks over", also "Jacks up" describes a hand that is two pair: Jacks with an unspecified lower pair. Also used to describe a full house, distinguishing the three of a kind from the pair. The hand J-J-J-A-A could be described as "Full house, Jacks over Aces".
- SHILL - A card room employee who plays with House money, and does not share in any of his (her) winnings or losses. Shills are used to facilitate starting games, and keeping them going. Compare: PROP.
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