South Carolina Poker Raid Snares Prosecutor, 26 Others
A South Carolina raid conducted under that state’s antiquated gambling statutes resulted in the arrests of 27 players, most at a Hanahan, SC home, including a deputy prosecutor who subsequently submitted his resignation in the wake…
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Poker dictionary:
- PASSED OUT. - A hand in which nobody opens. What happens next is a function of the game being played.
- SHORT-STACKED - Playing with a only a small amount of money, thus limiting one's risk and reward.
- BAD GAME - Any game in which you figure to be the loser, because the other players are better than you.
- 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).
- SET - In Hold'em, three of a kind where two of the cards are hole cards.
- BUNNY - An eight. So named because one can easily draw "rabbit ears" above the numeral 8, "paws" in the middle and "feet" at the bottom. (Do this only at home, and not on cards that will be used for play.)
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