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 lingo:
- OMAHA - A variant of Hold'em where each player receives 4 hole cards and must use exactly two of them (together with 3 of 5 board cards) to make a hand. Often played high-low split with an 8 qualifier for low.
- 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.
- CUT - To break the deck into 2 stacks of at least 5 cards each. Usually performed by the player to the dealer's right to insure that the the deck is not stacked.
- BIG BOBTAIL - An open-ended 4-card straight flush.
- LIVE [CARD] - In Stud, a card probably not held by other players.
- BACK DOOR - Applies to a hand that was made in the last card or two, specifically not a hand the player was originally planning on having. Most often applied to straights and flushes.
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