Poker Pro in Legal Battle over Seized Cash
July 17 - Well-known English poker pro, Carlo Citrone, is embroiled in a legal
battle over a hundreds of thousands of pounds seized in March 2004 by UK customs officials.
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Poker lexicon:
- PROP - Also PROPOSITION PLAYER. An employee of the gaming establishment whose primary purpose is to keep enough players at a table to prevent breaking up the game for lack of players. Unlike SHILLs "props" make a small hourly wage but play with their own money, winning or losing based on their skill.
- FAMILY POT - A pot where all of the players at the table are participating, even after each has had an opportunity to act.
- THIRD STREET - In Stud, the third card dealt to each player.
- MAIN POT - The main pot, as related to one or more side pots, when there are one or more all-in player(s). The main pot is the one in which all active players participate.
- ALL-IN - To have all of one's chips in the pot. A player who is all-in cannot be forced out of the pot by more betting, but is only eligible to win that portion of the pot he has contributed to. Generally, a SIDE POT is created each time a player is all-in.
- STEAM - Playing wildly, calling and raising a lot, because one is upset. Compare: ON TILT.
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