- Dan Harrington is THE rock.
rock
noun; analogy
1. In poker, a tight, conservative player who makes very predictable plays, and plays very few hands In poker, being a rock means that you make VERY few plays, and you almost never play or bet unless you have a very good hand. The person who said Dan Harrington was a rock was actually misusing the term, which I found out later.
Etymology : Analogy to English rock ‘stone’
Source : Commentator (unofficial) for World Series of Poker
Last modified: 10 June 2008