Underground Poker: The Hand that Feeds You
Illegal gambling houses are cropping up across Houston, with profits so high that it has become a full-time job for the organizers, many of whom are Latino. Traducción al español
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Poker lexicon:
- OVERCALL - To call a bet after one or more players already called.
- LIVE ONE - The best kind of opponent, a poor player with a lot of money to lose and in a hurry to lose it.
- LATE BLIND - In addition to "regular" blinds, some games allow a player (particularly a new one) to post a blind bet in return for the right to enter the game immediately and act last on the first betting round. The amount of the blind is determined by house rules, usually somewhere between the last blind and double the last blind. It is frequently a LIVE BLIND.
- TIGHT - [1] A style of play that entails playing fewer hands than average. Antonym: LOOSE. [2] A FULL HOUSE.
- UNDER THE GUN - The position that has to act first in a round of betting.
- WHITE BLACKBIRD - A hand so astonishingly rare as to be unworthy of the opponents' consideration, e.g., being dealt a pat royal flush in 5-card draw.
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