Fired officers alleged drug use, poker acquaintances at issue
Joplin police Lt. Geoff Jones was fired this year because of alleged associations with known criminals at poker tournaments, a resultant distrust of him by the FBI in an investigation and a failure to disclose his use of prescription drugs, the citys police chief testified Wednesday.
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Poker terminology:
- FLAT CALL - To call a bet. Emphasizes that the caller did not raise.
- WHITE BLACKBIRD - A hand so astonishingly rare as to be unworthy of the opponents' consideration, e.g., being dealt a pat royal flush in 5-card draw.
- PAY STATION - A player who rarely folds, thus who frequently calls better hands and loses. Almost as much fun as a LIVE ONE.
- LEAK - To show one's hole cards (often unknowingly).
- STUCK - Down a nontrivial amount of money, as in "he's stuck $800".
- 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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