Problem Poker Player Released from Prison
In December of 2005 a high school class president in Pennsylvania was arrested after robbing a bank to fuel a gambling binge and pay off online poker debts, and was sent to prison. Greg Hogan, Jr, has served 22 months of his sentence and was recently released from the Pennsylvania State Prison where he was serving his time. Hogan’s father, a minister, used the occasion of his son’s arrest and incarceration to promote an anti gambling campaign…
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Poker lingo:
- GOOD GAME - A game with players worse than you so that you can expect to win a lot of money.
- REBUY - [1] To purchase additional chips after an initial buy-in, usually after losing most or all of the previous buy-in. This term is most often used in certain tournaments where if one loses all one's chips, or falls below a certain minimum chip level, for an additional sum of money one can purchase a fixed amount of additional tournament chips. Usually there is a time limit (The "REBUY PERIOD") as to how long rebuys are allowed. [2] The additional chips "rebought" in tournament play.
- SET - In Hold'em, three of a kind where two of the cards are hole cards.
- FLAT CALL - To call a bet. Emphasizes that the caller did not raise.
- BIG BOBTAIL - An open-ended 4-card straight flush.
- NUT / NUTS - The best possible hand of a given class. Not a LOCK unless all cards have been dealt. The "nut flush" is the highest possible flush, but might still lose to, e.g., a full house. Usually used in Hold'em games.
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