Yonkers police arrest bar owner, bartender, in “joker poker” bust
YONKERS - A 21-year-old bartender and the owner of Kennedy’s Pub have been arrested by two undercover Yonkers officers, accused of operating illegal gambling machines, police said yesterday.
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Poker terminology:
- FIFTH STREET - In stud poker, the fifth card to be dealt to each player. Sometimes used to refer to the last card dealt in Hold'em, although the more common term for this is RIVER (q.v.).
- BIG BOBTAIL - An open-ended 4-card straight flush.
- RAINBOW - In flop games, a flop in which no two cards are of the same suit. "The flop was A 9 7 rainbow."
- 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.
- 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.
- SIXTH STREET - The sixth card dealt in 7-card stud.
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