Crime blog: Testimony in SMU overdose trial reveals defendant’s drug, poker operation
Today, witnesses told jurors that, while they were SMU students, they bought cocaine from James McDaniel at his poker rooms near Mockingbird Lane and Central Expressway.
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Useful poker information:
- SET - In Hold'em, three of a kind where two of the cards are hole cards.
- SIDE POT - When an active player runs out of money during the course of a hand, the remaining players participate in a second or SIDE POT for the rest of the hand. Additional side pots are possible if several players run out of money at different points in a hand.
- CARDS SPEAK - Winner(s) of the hand are determined by turning their cards face up, the best hand(s) wins (no declaration).
- 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.
- GUT SHOT - A draw to an inside straight, as in 2-3-4-6.
- OVERCALL - To call a bet after one or more players already called.
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