Sports betting, poker and other questions
Q: What is your view on someone physically in Las Vegas placing bets on behalf of (other people)? Is this legal? — Bob C. A: First, messenger betting is illegal in Nevada. Still, I posed your question to an inside source in Las Vegas betting operations.
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Poker terminology:
- TOP TWO PAIR - In flop games, having hole cards that make the highest possible two pair hand.
- HIGH-LOW SPLIT - Forms of poker in which the pot is split between the best hand and best lowball hand.
- SIDE POT - When an active player runs out of money during the course of a hand, the remaining players participate in a second or SIDE POT for the rest of the hand. Additional side pots are possible if several players run out of money at different points in a hand.
- CHECK RAISE - To check initially, then raise a bet made later on in the same betting round. Frequently a sign of strength, but may be a bluff.
- MITES AND LICE - A hand consisting of two pair, threes over twos.
- 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.

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