Poker player held in gambling ring
NEW YORK · More than two dozen people, including a professional baseball scout and a Florida-based, high-stakes poker player, were charged Wednesday in connection with a billion-dollar-a-year gambling ring that rivaled casino sports books.Save
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Poker dictionary:
- DOYLE BRUNSON - In Hold'em, 10-2 in the hole. So named because Doyle Brunson won two straight WSOPs (q.v.) in 1975 and 1976 with 10-2 on the last hand. (Suited (spades) in 1975, unsuited in 1976).
- RAKE - Money taken from each pot and given to the house in return for hosting the game. Usually a percentage of the pot (5%-10%) up to some maximum amount.
- MITES AND LICE - A hand consisting of two pair, threes over twos.
- OPEN-HANDED - A category of games characterized by a part of each player's hand being exposed.
- CRYING CALL - A call made with little chance of ultimately winning, but marginally better than an immediate fold.
- NUT / NUTS - The best possible hand of a given class. Not a LOCK unless all cards have been dealt. The "nut flush" is the highest possible flush, but might still lose to, e.g., a full house. Usually used in Hold'em games.
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