Maverick Takes UK Poker Open
An eight year veteran of poker recently took out a table full of power players to win the 888.com UK Poker Open. Estonian Marek “The Maverick” Kolk beat out Dave Clayton, online qualifier Alan Parkinson, Theo Dalton and one of the top players in the United Kingdom, Roland De Wolfe. The Maverick had nailed a big purse in the past, $18,000, but that was overshadowed by the $250,000 first prize that came with taking down the UK Poker Open…
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Poker lingo:
- SHARK - A good/crafty player often posing as a fish early in the game.
- UNDERDOG - Before all the cards are dealt, a hand that does not figure to be the winner. Ant: FAVORITE.
- REPRESENT - Implying, by one's betting style, that one has a particular hand.
- MAIN POT - The main pot, as related to one or more side pots, when there are one or more all-in player(s). The main pot is the one in which all active players participate.
- BARN - A FULL HOUSE, three of a kind and a pair.
- CASE - The fourth card of a particular rank, as in "he folded the case 9" when describing where all the 9s were in a hand. Comes from the game of Faro where an employee of the house, called the "case keeper". kept track of the number of each rank of card remaining.
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