Arrests being made in robbery of $25,000 poker winnings from Wellington teens
Authorities are in the process today of arresting the alleged robbers who stole up to $25,000 from two Wellington 18-year-olds who won the money in a Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino poker tournament in March, the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office said.
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Poker jargon:
- SPLIT [OPENERS] - In draw poker, to discard one or more openers, usually to draw to a straight or flush. Normally requires the opener to declare the act and retain the discards so that the act of opening can later be validated.
- BOAT - A FULL HOUSE, three of a kind and a pair.
- 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."
- POCKET ROCKETS - In Hold'em, a pair of aces for hole cards.
- 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.
- OPENERS - Cards in a hand that qualify a player to open the betting.
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