Trekkie says auctioned prop was a ripoff
A Trekkie who paid $6,000 for a poker visor that was supposedly worn by the android Data on the television show “Star Trek: The Next Generation” claims in a lawsuit against Christie’s auction house that the prop is a fake.
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Poker lexicon:
- STUCK - Down a nontrivial amount of money, as in "he's stuck $800".
- POCKET ROCKETS - In Hold'em, a pair of aces for hole cards.
- DRAW OUT - To catch a card that improves your situation from a losing hand to a winning hand, especially when you beat someone holding a hand that usually figures to win.
- MANIAC - A player who bets, raises and reraises without regard to the quality of his hand. Most often found in flop games.
- ACTION - Money that is being bet. "NO ACTION" means a hand or game has few bettors and fewer raisers. "Gimme some action" is ostensibly a plea for calls and raises.
- LITTLE SLICK - In Hold'em, hole cards of A-2, suited or not.
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