WPT Event Won by Lee Markholt
A final table that sported players like Phil Ivey, Michael Mizrachi and David Pham could be one of the toughest poker tournamets around, and that was just what Lee Markholt faced when he played in the World Poker Challenge, a World Poker Tour event. Lee managed not only to avoid elimination by this tough table of pros, but went on to win the whole event. He beat out 260 players to win, and managed a first place cash prize of $493,000…
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Useful poker terms:
- SHORT-STACKED - Playing with a only a small amount of money, thus limiting one's risk and reward.
- SCOOP - To take all of a pot that is normally split, either by winning both halves outright or winning one half when no players qualify for the other half.
- DOYLE BRUNSON - In Hold'em, 10-2 in the hole. So named because Doyle Brunson won two straight WSOPs (q.v.) in 1975 and 1976 with 10-2 on the last hand. (Suited (spades) in 1975, unsuited in 1976).
- POT LIMIT - A game where the maximum bet is determined by the size of the pot at the time. Note that a player wanting to raise first calls the bet, then totals the pot to determine the maximum amount he can raise.
- FILL - To draw a card that makes a five-card hand (straight, flush, full house, straight flush).
- FREE CARD - A card dealt after all players checked in a betting round.
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