Phil Hellmuth celebrates his first-round draft pick by Team Pokerati. The draft just ended … (complete rosters forthcoming) … 1. Phill Hellmuth 2. Robert Mizrachi 3. Men the Master 4. Humberto Brenes 5. Matt Glantz 6. Nikolay Evdakov 7. Dwyte […]
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Currently listening to the piano version of Lady Gaga\’s PokerFace: Ahh, just what I needed! Not sure if this version is by my favorite poker-minded pop-star bisexual or just a cover by Randy Newman\’s kid sister … but regardless, the
The TI Poker Room will be hosting a tournament to give away a seat in the $10,000 World Series of Poker Main Event To qualify players must log as few as 20 hours of live play in the TI Poker
WSOP Main Event Qualifier in the TI Poker Room Read More »
Ahh, it seems like only yesterday 25 years ago that the Dallas Mavericks had to choose between Sam Perkins and Charles Barkley … (Hakeem Olajuwan, Sam Bowie, and Michael Jordan had all gone before them.) This year I\’ll be taking
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An appeals court reported lessened the jail sentences of two men convicted of throwing a 700-player shindig. From CP-Europe: The men had the charges against them reduced from serious illegal gambling to illegal gambling. The court ruled that because the
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A slightly different take from Pauly. I intellectually don\’t agree with his boisterously pessimistic outlook, yet he seems to have a read on many in the poker world\’s gut … from Tao of Poker: God bless Ty Stewart for saving
RE: Beef Jerky Is the New Beer? Read More »
Remember the good old days, when poker was in its boom period and the poker community was treated to shows such as Celebrity Poker Showdown, Hollywood Hold \’Em, Hip-Hop Holdem, WPT\’s Hollywood Home Game, etc. etc.? Celebrities playing poker makes
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Matt at PokerListings (or should we be saying @_Pokerlistings_?) directs us to a fun Twitter feed to follow: Jean Robert Bellande\’s — aka @BrokeLivingJRB. Tales of a, er, stability-challenged(?) degen burning his bankroll down to $200(!) … but not before
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This just in over the poker transom: Nicole Sullivan’s Poker Skills Tested HollywoodPoker Celebrity Player Nicole Sullivan Challenged to a Head’s Up Game by a German Fan A german fan! I won\’t waste your time with the rest of the
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The WSOP continues to move in an Olympic-like direction … as they just added another non-bracelet exhibition event … Dream Team Poker. (Didn\’t we talk about this on an episode of The Poker Beat? I seem to remember someone —
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