Italy’s Royal Prince Accused of Trafficking Video Poker Licenses and Promoting Prostitution
Prince Victor Emmanuel, the scion of Italy’s Savoy royal family, was recently arrested as part of an investigation involving prostitution, illegal casino poker machines and suspicious contacts with Sicilian mob clans in Northern Italy.
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Poker terminology:
- LIVE BLIND - The last and largest blind bet may or may not be LIVE. If LIVE, the blind bettor has the option of "raising" his own blind in the event the bet is called around to him. This is normal, and is sometimes referred to as "blinds are live".
- BIG BOBTAIL - An open-ended 4-card straight flush.
- SUICIDE KING - King of Hearts. So named because in the drawing the king appears to be stabbing himself in the head.
- FILL - To draw a card that makes a five-card hand (straight, flush, full house, straight flush).
- REPRESENT - Implying, by one's betting style, that one has a particular hand.
- SPREAD LIMIT - A variation on fixed limit wherein the minimum and maximum bets are different. A 1-4-8 game allows bets from 1 to 4 in the early rounds and 1-8 in the last round. A 1-4-8-16 game allows bets from 1 to 4 in the early rounds, 1 to 8 in the next-to-last round, and 1 to 16 in the last round.
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