Deadly Underground Poker Games
Texas Shooting On Wednesday, Charles Lineberry, 49, of San Antonio was taken to University Hospital as a result of a robbery. Lineberry was enjoying a game of poker when three masked men burst through the back door of the Texas home. Shots were fired and Lineberry was caught in the gun-fire.
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Poker terminology:
- DEAD MONEY - Money contributed to the pot by players who have folded.
- TABLE STAKES - A standard rule whereby during a hand players can only bet the money they have on the table. If the bet to a player is more than the player's stack, that player may call with all his chips and be eligible to win only that portion of the pot he contributed to equally. A side pot is created, for which only the remaining players may compete.
- RAIL - A barrier dividing the card playing area from a public area.
- BICYCLE - The best possible low hand: A-2-3-4-5. More common term: WHEEL.
- THIRD STREET - In Stud, the third card dealt to each player.
- DOYLE BRUNSON - In Hold'em, 10-2 in the hole. So named because Doyle Brunson won two straight WSOPs (q.v.) in 1975 and 1976 with 10-2 on the last hand. (Suited (spades) in 1975, unsuited in 1976).
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