Police go after poker games in which house takes cut
By ANNA M. TINSLEY Dan Michalski likes nothing more than to sit at a table and play Texas hold ‘em. But it’s been harder for the North Texas man to find a good game lately, because Dallas police keep raiding everything from VFW halls to underground poker games, ticketing players, arresting operators and confiscating everything from the chips to the tables. Players fear that the crackdown on …
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Poker slang:
- POT LIMIT - A game where the maximum bet is determined by the size of the pot at the time. Note that a player wanting to raise first calls the bet, then totals the pot to determine the maximum amount he can raise.
- SEVENTH STREET - The seventh card dealt in 7-card stud.
- COMPUTER HAND - Texas Hold'em hole cards of Q-7 offsuit. More generically, any hand that computer analysis/simulation determines is positive but turns out to be difficult to play in practice.
- LAY ODDS - To give favorable odds to an opponent.
- FLAT LIMIT - A variant of fixed limit where all bets are the same amount.
- RIDER BACK (TM) - A brand of playing cards that feature a bicycle rider on the back of the cards. Often used in home games. Compare: BEE No. 92.
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