Pro Poker Players Busted
Two men known as professional poker players have been caught with hundreds of thousands of pounds stolen from cash machines. The men, who are brothers, are Mohammed Imran and Mohammed Irfan, and they have had the funds since 2005, when they stole them from ATMs using a system loophole and an expired bank card. The Bank of Scotland and Halifax, upon their merger three years ago, updated their ATM system but left the loophole that was exploited by the two men, who reportedly stole the funds to bankroll a Las Vegas gambling trip…
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Poker lexicon:
- OPENERS - Cards in a hand that qualify a player to open the betting.
- BICYCLE - The best possible low hand: A-2-3-4-5. More common term: WHEEL.
- TOURNAMENT - A highly structured game involving potentially dozens of tables where all participants pay an entry fee and obtain a fixed number of chips. Once a tournament has started, additional players may not enter. As the game progresses players bust out and are eliminated until only one winner remains.
- LAY ODDS - To give favorable odds to an opponent.
- FIRE - To make the first bet in a betting round. Used to emphasize that the player bet when a check was possible, showing strength.
- UNDERDOG - Before all the cards are dealt, a hand that does not figure to be the winner. Ant: FAVORITE.
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