Federal Prosecutors Show Their Hand In Online Poker Case
For years a massive Internet poker industry operated in the U.S., arguing that facilitating for-money online poker play did not violate any U.S. law. The U.S. Justice Department, however, did not agree with that position and on Friday federal prosecutors in Manhattan filed the most detailed defense of their view […]
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Poker slang:
- WHEEL - A-2-3-4-5. Usually discussed in the context of lowball where it is the best possible hand. Can also refer to a 5-high straight in high games. Also: BICYCLE.
- SHILL - A card room employee who plays with House money, and does not share in any of his (her) winnings or losses. Shills are used to facilitate starting games, and keeping them going. Compare: PROP.
- BLUFF - To make a bet or raise with a poor hand, in hope that the remaining active player(s) will fold.
- ROLLED UP - In seven-card stud, being dealt three of a kind in the first three cards.
- ON THE COME - A situation where the player does not have a complete hand but hopes to make one if the right cards come up.
- STUCK - Down a nontrivial amount of money, as in "he's stuck $800".
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