Monte Carlo or bust
This is Europes biggest ever poker competition, with the winner picking up over £600,000 more than enough to buy the Suffolk Punch a new stable.After nine hours of gruelling play yesterday I finished 16th out of the 145 starters. Only 65 survived.Another 145 play their first day today and about 120 of us will join together for Day Two tomorrow.The tour has taken me to London, Austria, Dublin, Copenhagen, Deauville in France and now here in Monte Carlo.And while I have not made the money, my r
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Poker dictionary:
- SHARK - A good/crafty player often posing as a fish early in the game.
- CARDS SPEAK - Winner(s) of the hand are determined by turning their cards face up, the best hand(s) wins (no declaration).
- TABLE STAKES - A standard rule whereby during a hand players can only bet the money they have on the table. If the bet to a player is more than the player's stack, that player may call with all his chips and be eligible to win only that portion of the pot he contributed to equally. A side pot is created, for which only the remaining players may compete.
- PAT - Holding or being dealt a pat hand. "I'm pat" would mean "I don't want to draw any cards.
- SHOWDOWN - The point at the end of the hand where all active players reveal their cards and the pot is awarded to the winner(s).
- 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.
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