Illegal video poker a lucrative, shadowy world in WNC
The murky world of illegal gambling has had a spotlight over it in recent weeks as Buncombe County Sheriff Bobby Medford, and now Haywood County Sheriff Tom Alexander, have been linked to illegal video poker operations.
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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.
- 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.
- EXPECTATION - The long-run [dis-]advantage of a given situation, specifically without reference to any particular outcome. I.e., what you figure to win [lose] on average after a large number of repetitions of the same situation.
- TELL - Any personal mannerisms that reveal the quality of one's hand. E.g., constantly looking at one's hole cards is often a tell of a poor hand. (Some players, knowing this, will at times check their hole cards when they have a great hand and don't need to look.)
- OVERPAIR - In Hold'em, a pair in the hole that is larger than any community card on the board.
- EDGE - An advantage over an opponent, either specific or subjective.
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