World Series of Poker Player Home Raided
While most people wouldn’t consider it a problem to walk away from a poker game with over one and a half million dollars, for San Antonio resident Richard Lee, it may eventually cost him more than he earned as a finalist at the 37th annual World Series of Poker this year. Lee, who showed his love for his hometown of San Antonio throughout the final table of the Main Event, received some special attention from the city’s Police Department during a recent home raid in which luxury cars, computer equipment, and cash were seized in connection with a search warrant issued under suspicion of an illegal gambling operation. While Lee has not been formally charged, police said that they found “a person of note” sitting at a computer viewing an illegal poker website, it was part of the investigation….
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Useful poker terms:
- BIG SLICK - In Texas Hold'em, hole cards of A-K, suited or not.
- OPENER - The player who opens the betting, especially in draw poker. A hand may have no openers, in which case it is PASSED OUT, i.e., new hands are dealt.
- WHITE BLACKBIRD - A hand so astonishingly rare as to be unworthy of the opponents' consideration, e.g., being dealt a pat royal flush in 5-card draw.
- 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.
- FAMILY POT - A pot where all of the players at the table are participating, even after each has had an opportunity to act.
- FLAT LIMIT - A variant of fixed limit where all bets are the same amount.
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