Boxing star among 12 nabbed in poker house raid
Prominent local boxing figure Ken Lakusta was among 12 people nabbed in a six-month undercover sting operation at a downtown poker house, the Sun has learned.
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Poker lingo:
- BRODERICK CRAWFORD - In Hold'em, hole cards of 10-4. From the 1950s TV series "Highway Patrol", starring Broderick Crawford.
- SCOOP - To take all of a pot that is normally split, either by winning both halves outright or winning one half when no players qualify for the other half.
- LIVE ONE - The best kind of opponent, a poor player with a lot of money to lose and in a hurry to lose it.
- STUD - Any of several poker games in which some of each players' cards are exposed.
- RIVER - The last card dealt in a hand of stud or Hold'em.
- ASSAULT RIFLE - In Omaha, hole cards that are A-K-4-7 of any suit(s).
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