Greensburg lawyer’s poker games under scrutiny
A Greensburg lawyer is trying to recover more than $11,000 and other property that was confiscated after state police raided a Texas Hold’em poker tournament he operated at a fire hall.
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Poker jargon:
- FISH - A player who loses money. An old saying is "If you can't spot the fish at the table, *you* are the fish.".
- DEAD MONEY - Money contributed to the pot by players who have folded.
- STUCK - Down a nontrivial amount of money, as in "he's stuck $800".
- 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.
- HOYLE - Edmund Hoyle (1769-?) was the authoritative source for rules of card games. Hoyle is to card rules as Webster is to word definitions.
- OPENER - The player who opens the betting, especially in draw poker. A hand may have no openers, in which case it is PASSED OUT, i.e., new hands are dealt.
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