Video-poker business lands owner in jail
A Hope Mills man has been sentenced to five months in jail and another five months of home confinement for his role in an illegal video-poker scheme, says the U.S. attorney’s office in Raleigh.
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Poker lingo:
- FILL - To draw a card that makes a five-card hand (straight, flush, full house, straight flush).
- BURN - To discard the top card of the deck prior to dealing, usually done for every dealing round except the first. The theory being that if somehow the cards are marked (illegally) no one will know what card will next be dealt, only what card will be burned. This makes marked cards less of an advantage, hence tends to reduce cheating.
- CARDS SPEAK - Winner(s) of the hand are determined by turning their cards face up, the best hand(s) wins (no declaration).
- STUCK - Down a nontrivial amount of money, as in "he's stuck $800".
- ON TILT - Playing worse (usually, more aggressively) than usual because a player has become emotionally upset.
- OPEN - Make the first bet in a hand, especially in draw poker.
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