Gambling Probe Charges Pro Poker Player
More than two dozen people, including a former professional baseball scout and a high-stakes poker player, were charged Wednesday in connection with a billion-dollar-a-year gambling ring that rivaled casino sports books.
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Poker jargon:
- TOP PAIR - In flop games, having a hole card that matches the highest card on the board.
- BET - To put money into the pot, pursuant to the rules of the game, thus maintaining a chance of winning the pot.
- ON TILT - Playing worse (usually, more aggressively) than usual because a player has become emotionally upset.
- DRAWING DEAD - A draw in which it is impossible to obtain a winning hand for any of a variety of reasons: an opponent's hand is better than whatever you are drawing to, the card(s) that make your hand are out of play, or (in Hold'em) give an opponent a stronger hand even if it makes yours. Frequently used in the past tense, since one rarely knows it at the time.
- RAISE - To wager more than the minimum required to call, forcing other players to put in more money as well.
- OVERPAIR - In Hold'em, a pair in the hole that is larger than any community card on the board.
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