Big hands at South Burlington poker tourney
November 21st, 2006
SOUTH BURLINGTON -- "Big hand!"A small crowd thronged a table in the DoubleTree Hotel Burlington on Sunday afternoon, as poker enthusiasts craned their necks to see whether pro player Spiro Mitrokostas would come up big. The assemblage burst into cheers and groans when Colchester resident Barney McRae jumped up from his seat, arms raised in victory.McRae's pair of queens trumped Mitrokostas' pair of threes -- McRae had just cashed in on a $1,000 bounty challenge to eliminate the pro from the tou
