Raids in South Phila. target mob-linked poker machines
State investigators conducted a series of raids across South Philadelphia today in a crackdown on a lucrative and suspected mob-linked illegal video poker machine distribution network.
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Poker talk:
- FIFTH STREET - In stud poker, the fifth card to be dealt to each player. Sometimes used to refer to the last card dealt in Hold'em, although the more common term for this is RIVER (q.v.).
- STRAIGHT - A hand consisting of 5 cards in sequence but not in suit.
- OVERPAIR - In Hold'em, a pair in the hole that is larger than any community card on the board.
- BRODERICK CRAWFORD - In Hold'em, hole cards of 10-4. From the 1950s TV series "Highway Patrol", starring Broderick Crawford.
- LIVE BLIND - The last and largest blind bet may or may not be LIVE. If LIVE, the blind bettor has the option of "raising" his own blind in the event the bet is called around to him. This is normal, and is sometimes referred to as "blinds are live".
- OFFSUIT - Not of the same suit. "I held A-Q offsuit" or "The flop was 10-6-2 offsuit". When speaking of 5 or more cards, not all/ of the same suit, i.e., no flush, as in "button had A-K-10-8-7 offsuit."
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