More Poker Events See Police Action
When a poker player is looking for action, having police descend upon the game he is in the middle of is not exactly what he is looking for, but it is becoming an all too frequent occurrence. The Rotary Club of Norfolk Sunrise were recently told they would be raided if they went forward with a charitable Texas Holdem tournament they were planning. The word came from the Illegal Gambling Unit itself…
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Useful poker terms:
- FLAT LIMIT - A variant of fixed limit where all bets are the same amount.
- FLAT CALL - To call a bet. Emphasizes that the caller did not raise.
- STUCK - Down a nontrivial amount of money, as in "he's stuck $800".
- HOOK - A Jack. So named because the "J" resembles a hook.
- ACTION - Money that is being bet. "NO ACTION" means a hand or game has few bettors and fewer raisers. "Gimme some action" is ostensibly a plea for calls and raises.
- INSIDE STRAIGHT - Four cards to a straight, where only one rank will complete the hand. E.g., 4-5-6-8 is an inside straight since only a 7 will fill (i.e., complete) the hand. Often called a GUT-SHOT. Compare: BOBTAIL STRAIGHT, OPEN-ENDED STRAIGHT.
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