Gavin Smith MansionPoker Winner
It really did not come as a surprise that a pro won a recent online poker room sponsored event, even with other pros coaching the amateurs in the game. It was the MansionPoker.net World Pro-Am Challenge, and a handful of pros and a handful of amateurs sat down across the felt to battle it out for a half million dollar prize. To make things a bit more fair the amateurs were given pro poker players for coaches, whom they could consult over the battle.
In the end it was Gavin Smith who took home the half million, but an amateur player from the United Kingdom took a healthy second place, and this in the first live event he ever played….
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Poker slang:
- RING GAME - A standard game where players can come and go as they choose. The opposite of TOURNAMENT.
- JOKER - A 53rd card in the deck, distinct from the others, used as a wild card or as a BUG.
- DRAW OUT - To catch a card that improves your situation from a losing hand to a winning hand, especially when you beat someone holding a hand that usually figures to win.
- CHECK RAISE - To check initially, then raise a bet made later on in the same betting round. Frequently a sign of strength, but may be a bluff.
- LIVE [CARD] - In Stud, a card probably not held by other players.
- TO GO - The current betting level, as in "$20 to go" meaning every player must contribute $20 (total) or drop. A $10 raise would then make the pot "$30 to go".
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