Toronto Poker Club Robbed, Shots Fired in Police Chase
An early-morning robbery attempt on a Toronto social-club poker game recently went awry, when police responded to a call-in about the heist in time to locate and chase the robbers’ fleeing van….
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Poker jargon:
- LATE BLIND - In addition to "regular" blinds, some games allow a player (particularly a new one) to post a blind bet in return for the right to enter the game immediately and act last on the first betting round. The amount of the blind is determined by house rules, usually somewhere between the last blind and double the last blind. It is frequently a LIVE BLIND.
- RING GAME - A standard game where players can come and go as they choose. The opposite of TOURNAMENT.
- STEAM - Playing wildly, calling and raising a lot, because one is upset. Compare: ON TILT.
- HIT - To make a hand or catch a card or cards that improves one's hand. "I hit a gut-shot draw on the river."
- FLOP GAME - Any of a number of poker games where a flop is dealt.
- STRING BET - An unethical and often illegal means of raising whereby a player puts a call-size stack of chips into the pot and, after observing the reactions of the players, then goes back to his stack and puts out more, thus raising.
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