Mathematician killed at illegal poker game
A mathematician and former professor was shot and killed when masked men with guns broke into an illegal, floating poker game on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan late Friday night, the police said.
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Poker glossary:
- POCKET PAIR - Generic Hold'em term for 2 hole cards of the same rank.
- FREEZE-OUT - A table-stakes game that continues until a small number of players (possibly only one) has all the money. The major event in The World Series of Poker is a freeze-out game.
- DOYLE BRUNSON - In Hold'em, 10-2 in the hole. So named because Doyle Brunson won two straight WSOPs (q.v.) in 1975 and 1976 with 10-2 on the last hand. (Suited (spades) in 1975, unsuited in 1976).
- TURN - The fourth community card in Hold'em.
- CAP - To cap the betting is to make the last permitted raise in a round.
- LAY ODDS - To give favorable odds to an opponent.
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