Poker Raid in San Mateo

Poker players may sometimes expect a police raid if they are in a locale that has iffy legal poker standings, but the 20 players in a home in San Mateo County were likely surprised when police raided the event. Sherrifs and agents with the California Department of Justice halted the game at a house where an illegal gambling operation had been under surveillance for some time, according to authorities. $1,300 in cash was taken along with chips and cards and the tables used to play on…

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Poker terminology:

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.
FIRE - To make the first bet in a betting round. Used to emphasize that the player bet when a check was possible, showing strength.
DECLARE - In high/low games, declaring one's hand as high or low or both ways (usually done with chips in hand). Usually played in home games; casinos tend to play CARDS SPEAK.
MIDDLE POSITION - Betting positions approximately halfway around the table from the first player to act.
RACE - In tournaments it is sometimes convenient to remove all lower-denomination chips from play, as the remaining players' stacks tend to grow. Small chips are converted to larger chips and any odd chips are "raced off" in the following way: each player with odd chips places them in front of his stack and is dealt one card for each chip. Highest card (rank and suit) takes all the small chips and converts them to higher-denomination chips.
LIMIT POKER - A poker game wherein the amount to be bet is fixed, or at most variable within a prescribed minimum and maximum. Ant.: NO-LIMIT POKER.

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