The Carruthers files
In today’s episode of the Carruthers files we learn that: (1) The Carruthers bail hearing is postponed and moved to St.Louis. (2) PartyGaming’s Mitch Garber says Carruthers arrest doesn’t make a senate ban any more likely. (3) Larry Gaydos of Haynes and Boone, LLP. says Carruthers arrest is counter-productive. (4) The BetonSports flotation was preceded by suitability enquires from the London AIM and (5) PokerChamps and Grand Virtual close their doors to all US players.
Related Poker News:
- BetonSports CEO David Carruthers detained in US
- Carruthers Offers Guilty Plea in BetOnSports Racketeering Case
- Poker and Gaming Conference Canceled
- Betonsports, Chief Carruthers Indicted in U.S. Probe
- Online Poker Man Hunted by US?
- BetOnSports Ex-CEO David Carruthers Pleads Guilty
- BetonSports CEO jailed and facing racketeering charges
- BETonSPORTS Says Online Poker Revenue Leaps
- Inside Gaming: Mel Gibson’s Poker Goo, Former BetOnSports Executive David Carruthers Sentenced
- BoDog marketing conference postponed
- Jeremy Warner’s Outlook: If online poker is immune to US prosecution, how come none of its players will go there?
- David Carruthers Gets 33 Months Jail Time in BetOnSports Case
Useful poker information:
- STAND OFF - To call a raise. "Opener raises, I stand off".
- FLAT LIMIT - A variant of fixed limit where all bets are the same amount.
- RAGS - Board cards that are small, not suited and not in sequence, e.g., 9-5-2. When "rags flop", it is unlikely that anyone has a good hand, except possibly the big blind in an unraised pot.
- LATE POSITION - For a particular betting round, a player who does not have to act until most of the other players have acted.
- KICKER - In hands containing pairs and trips, the highest card not matched. In draw games, sometimes a card kept for deception purposes.
- SET - In Hold'em, three of a kind where two of the cards are hole cards.
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