50 people arrested in weekend poker raid
Police say 50 people were arrested Friday night following a raid on an illegal poker game at a residence off Yadkin Road. The names were not immediately available.
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Poker lexicon:
- BACK DOOR - Applies to a hand that was made in the last card or two, specifically not a hand the player was originally planning on having. Most often applied to straights and flushes.
- MIDDLE POSITION - Betting positions approximately halfway around the table from the first player to act.
- POCKET PAIR - Generic Hold'em term for 2 hole cards of the same rank.
- OPEN - Make the first bet in a hand, especially in draw poker.
- STAKE - The amount of a player's BUY-IN, or the amount of money they are willing to play with in a given session. Compare: BANKROLL.
- TABLE STAKES - A standard rule whereby during a hand players can only bet the money they have on the table. If the bet to a player is more than the player's stack, that player may call with all his chips and be eligible to win only that portion of the pot he contributed to equally. A side pot is created, for which only the remaining players may compete.
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