Synonym a Day

Viewers apparently haven’t minded that they already knew the ending [to the World Series of Poker].  The well-publicized competition, held in May, was won by Tennessee amateur Chris Moneymaker (talk about aptronyms!), whose only previous poker tournaments were on the Internet. (Jack Broom, “A Sure Bet: Poker Is Hot, Televised Games Spur Local Players to Up the Ante,” Seattle Times, 9/14/2003.)