Fired officers poker connections probed
Roderick Mack was sitting in his attorneys office being interviewed by Lt. Mike Hobson of the Joplin Police Department. Hobson was looking into fired police Lt. Geoff Jones past involvement with Mack and others in local poker tournaments and home games at the request of police Chief Lane Roberts.
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Poker slang:
- RUSH - A winning streak. Also "ON A RUSH".
- SEVENTH STREET - The seventh card dealt in 7-card stud.
- DRAW OUT - To catch a card that improves your situation from a losing hand to a winning hand, especially when you beat someone holding a hand that usually figures to win.
- RAKE - Money taken from each pot and given to the house in return for hosting the game. Usually a percentage of the pot (5%-10%) up to some maximum amount.
- 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.
- LIVE ONE - The best kind of opponent, a poor player with a lot of money to lose and in a hurry to lose it.

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