Pair charged over poker player’s robbery
TWO men will appear in a Victorian court today charged with robbing a visiting American poker player at knifepoint and making off with all his winnings.
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Useful poker terms:
- FLOORMAN - The casino representative in charge of the card room or a section of a card room. Arbitrates disputes when unusual events happen.
- SPREAD LIMIT - A variation on fixed limit wherein the minimum and maximum bets are different. A 1-4-8 game allows bets from 1 to 4 in the early rounds and 1-8 in the last round. A 1-4-8-16 game allows bets from 1 to 4 in the early rounds, 1 to 8 in the next-to-last round, and 1 to 16 in the last round.
- THIRD STREET - In Stud, the third card dealt to each player.
- WORLD SERIES OF POKER - A series of several different poker games with relatively large buy-ins, culminating in a $10,000 buy-in no-limit Hold'em tournament, the winner of which is crowned the World Poker Champion. Sponsored by Binion's Horseshoe Club in Las Vegas.
- STRAIGHT FLUSH - A hand consisting of 5 cards in sequence and the same suit.
- UNDER THE GUN - The position that has to act first in a round of betting.
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