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 slang:
- HIT - To make a hand or catch a card or cards that improves one's hand. "I hit a gut-shot draw on the river."
- BAD GAME - Any game in which you figure to be the loser, because the other players are better than you.
- 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.
- POSSIBLE [STRAIGHT/FLUSH] - Up cards that quite possibly could lead to a straight and/or a flush.
- LOCK - A hand that cannot be beat under any circumstances. Also: NUTS.
- FREEROLL - [1] A poker tournament that does not charge a buy-in fee; players must earn buy-in credits through previous play at the same establishment. [2] Having a lock on part of a pot (sure to win a greater fraction of the pot than one is betting) and playing to win more or all of it.
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