State Trooper Victim of Poker Game Holdup
A man has been arrested in Hagerstown as a suspect of a robbery of a poker game where 18 players, including a state trooper, lost a total of $4000. The suspect, 22 year-old Michael Joseph Campher, is being held on a $400,000 bond and being charged with armed robbery and first-degree assault. A second suspect is still at large…
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Poker terminology:
- FLAT LIMIT - A variant of fixed limit where all bets are the same amount.
- OVERCALL - To call a bet after one or more players already called.
- DRAWING DEAD - A draw in which it is impossible to obtain a winning hand for any of a variety of reasons: an opponent's hand is better than whatever you are drawing to, the card(s) that make your hand are out of play, or (in Hold'em) give an opponent a stronger hand even if it makes yours. Frequently used in the past tense, since one rarely knows it at the time.
- POSSIBLE [STRAIGHT/FLUSH] - Up cards that quite possibly could lead to a straight and/or a flush.
- LOOSE - Playing more hands than the norm. Antonym: TIGHT.
- SHORT-STACKED - Playing with a only a small amount of money, thus limiting one's risk and reward.
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