Read video poker indictment involving several Cleveland County people
SHELBY A several years-long federal video poker investigation spanning several states led to the indictments Friday of three Cleveland County residents. Those indictments were unsealed Friday, and you can read them by clicking the link at the bottom of this page.
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Poker glossary:
- MUCK - [1] A collection of face-down cards near the dealer composed of discards, i.e., folded hands, burns and discards for drawing purposes. [2] To throw one's cards into the muck, thus folding.
- CAP - To cap the betting is to make the last permitted raise in a round.
- REBUY - [1] To purchase additional chips after an initial buy-in, usually after losing most or all of the previous buy-in. This term is most often used in certain tournaments where if one loses all one's chips, or falls below a certain minimum chip level, for an additional sum of money one can purchase a fixed amount of additional tournament chips. Usually there is a time limit (The "REBUY PERIOD") as to how long rebuys are allowed. [2] The additional chips "rebought" in tournament play.
- SEVENTH STREET - The seventh card dealt in 7-card stud.
- BAD-BEAT JACKPOT - In some cardrooms, a prize that is shared by the players in a game, when a very good hand (usually Aces full, or better) is beaten by a higher hand. Jackpots are usually financed by taking a drop ($1 is a common amount) from every pot. A typical division of the jackpot will give the losing hand 50 %, the winning hand 25 %, and the other players at the table share the remaining 25 % of the Jackpot.
- STUCK - Down a nontrivial amount of money, as in "he's stuck $800".

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