Witness detail video poker contributions
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK — Someone was not telling the truth Tuesday as the state Board of Elections probed potentially illegal campaign contributions to House Speaker Jim Black by people associated with the video poker industry.
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Poker terminology:
- LOWBALL - Generic term for poker where the lowest hand wins.
- 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.
- MILES OF BAD ROAD - Three of a kind. Prefixed with a number, 3*<N>, to indicate 3 <N>s. Thus "24 miles of bad road" is 3 eights, etc. (This obviously doesn't work for face cards.)
- TOP PAIR - In flop games, having a hole card that matches the highest card on the board.
- MISDEAL - A hand dealt incorrectly that must be re-dealt.
- SIXTH STREET - The sixth card dealt in 7-card stud.
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