Haywood County sheriff took bribes for video poker
The sheriff of Haywood County was paid thousands of dollars every month to look the other way so a South Carolina company could continue to operate illegal video poker machines, a company official testified.
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Useful poker terms:
- STRAIGHT FLUSH - A hand consisting of 5 cards in sequence and the same suit.
- HOUSE RULE - Rules and interpretations (e.g., use of wild cards, or rules on having to show beaten hands) that are specific to an establishment or even tables within the establishment.
- STACKED [DECK] - A deck that has been arranged to give one player a huge advantage. Also: RIGGED.
- MANIAC - A player who bets, raises and reraises without regard to the quality of his hand. Most often found in flop games.
- 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).
- LIMIT POKER - A poker game wherein the amount to be bet is fixed, or at most variable within a prescribed minimum and maximum. Ant.: NO-LIMIT POKER.
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