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:
- FACE CARD - A jack, queen or king (a card with a face on it, not joker).
- PAY OFF - Calling a bet with little expectation of winning, unless the opponent is bluffing.
- HOOK - A Jack. So named because the "J" resembles a hook.
- PAT HAND - In draw poker, a hand that does not need any more cards. Specifically, a straight, flush, full house or straight flush. One might bluff and represent a pat hand but actually hold something else.
- STRAIGHT - A hand consisting of 5 cards in sequence but not in suit.
- INSIDE STRAIGHT - Four cards to a straight, where only one rank will complete the hand. E.g., 4-5-6-8 is an inside straight since only a 7 will fill (i.e., complete) the hand. Often called a GUT-SHOT. Compare: BOBTAIL STRAIGHT, OPEN-ENDED STRAIGHT.
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