Card House Falls
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.Eleven men and one woman were arrested yesterday during a late-night raid by the city police tactical unit and Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission investigators at 10580 116 St., said the AGLC.Three of the accused face charges of operating a common gaming house and nine face charges of playing poker or being present in a common gaming hous
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Poker slang:
- 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.
- 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.
- AMERICAN AIRLINES - In Hold'em, a pair of Aces in the hole. Better known (at least in rec.gambling) as POCKET ROCKETS.
- RAINBOW - In flop games, a flop in which no two cards are of the same suit. "The flop was A 9 7 rainbow."
- SHARK - A good/crafty player often posing as a fish early in the game.
- 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.
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