The Nightly Turbo: Ladbrokes Chief Steps Down, Smith Wins, and More

Tonight we’re bringing you news on Ladbrokes’ chief stepping down, Gavin Smith winning the Fallsview Classic, and more.

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.
PROP - Also PROPOSITION PLAYER. An employee of the gaming establishment whose primary purpose is to keep enough players at a table to prevent breaking up the game for lack of players. Unlike SHILLs "props" make a small hourly wage but play with their own money, winning or losing based on their skill.
CARDS SPEAK - Winner(s) of the hand are determined by turning their cards face up, the best hand(s) wins (no declaration).
ON TILT - Playing worse (usually, more aggressively) than usual because a player has become emotionally upset.
MUCK - [1] A collection of face-down cards near the dealer composed of discards, i.e., folded hands, burns and discards for drawing purposes. [2] To throw one's cards into the muck, thus folding.
IN - Still eligible to win the pot. "I'm in" is often spoken as one adds chips to the pot, calling.

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