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 lexicon:
- BEE No. 92 (TM) - Trade name for the "diamond back" cards frequently used in casino games. Compare: RIDER BACK.
- STRING BET - An unethical and often illegal means of raising whereby a player puts a call-size stack of chips into the pot and, after observing the reactions of the players, then goes back to his stack and puts out more, thus raising.
- FULL HOUSE - A hand consisting of 3-of-a-kind and a (different) pair.
- SPREAD LIMIT - A variation on fixed limit wherein the minimum and maximum bets are different. A 1-4-8 game allows bets from 1 to 4 in the early rounds and 1-8 in the last round. A 1-4-8-16 game allows bets from 1 to 4 in the early rounds, 1 to 8 in the next-to-last round, and 1 to 16 in the last round.
- BIG SLICK - In Texas Hold'em, hole cards of A-K, suited or not.
- 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.
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