PA Attorney Loses Poker Battle
A Pennsylvania attorney was trying to get a hand on more than $11k and just found out he will not be successful. Westmoreland County Attorney Larry Burns had money confiscated when a poker tournament was raided by police this past summer, an event that Burns had organized. Burns admits that he was running for-profit poker games, but insists that they were legal…
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Poker talk:
- DOUBLE BELLY BUSTER - A two-way inside straight. E.g., 3-5-6-7-9.
- SCOOP - To take all of a pot that is normally split, either by winning both halves outright or winning one half when no players qualify for the other half.
- BET FOR VALUE - Betting a hand that, in the long run, is expected to win more than it loses. Antonym: BLUFF.
- BURN - To discard the top card of the deck prior to dealing, usually done for every dealing round except the first. The theory being that if somehow the cards are marked (illegally) no one will know what card will next be dealt, only what card will be burned. This makes marked cards less of an advantage, hence tends to reduce cheating.
- PASS - Opposite of bet. To check, if checked to. To fold, if bet to.
- HOUSE RULE - Rules and interpretations (e.g., use of wild cards, or rules on having to show beaten hands) that are specific to an establishment or even tables within the establishment.
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