Retired Flint police chief was man who killed would-be poker robber
New details came Thursday night regarding the deadly shooting inside of the Palace Poker Room in Burton Wednesday morning.
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Poker terminology:
- FORCED BET - In some stud games a player may be required to make a bet to start the action on the first card. This is similar conceptually to blinds and antes, but in this case is dependent on the cards shown rather than player position. Usually the weakest hand is forced to bet.
- SHORT-STACKED - Playing with a only a small amount of money, thus limiting one's risk and reward.
- LITTLE SLICK - In Hold'em, hole cards of A-2, suited or not.
- LIMIT POKER - A poker game wherein the amount to be bet is fixed, or at most variable within a prescribed minimum and maximum. Ant.: NO-LIMIT POKER.
- LIVE [CARD] - In Stud, a card probably not held by other players.
- POCKET ROCKETS - In Hold'em, a pair of aces for hole cards.
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