At noon today, the World Series of Poker officially gets under away with the first event, the $500 Casino Employees tournament. Yesterday, the Amazon Room officially opened for registration, cash games and satellites, especially the first of two $1,570 mega-satellites […]
(Way) Outside the WSOP – Day 1 $500 Casino Employees Event, WSOP Kickoff
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Air Force One just landed at McCarren airport. The President is headed to Caesar\’s Palace, for apparently what is a semi-controversial \”junket\” fundraiser for Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV). We can not, however, confirm the rumor that he is in town
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Be happy you\’re not on Tom Schneider\’s mass email list. If you were, you\’d get far too much mal-informed conservative propaganda, stories easily disprovable via Snopes.com, and the occasional funny potty-humor vid. Anyhow, this year Pokerati\’s favorite alumni-blogger-made-good is jumping
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You, the poker fan, can participate in the nominating process for the Poker Hall of Fame for the first time starting today. Head over to worldseriesofpoker.com and nominate someone (one vote per email address). Here\’s the criteria for the Poker
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Often in poker you come across situations where although you think you may have the best hand, you want to try and check and make your opponent bluff. These situations often occur when you have a medium strength hand that
The WSOP unofficially starts at 9am today as the Amazon Room at the Rio opens for registration, cash games and satellites before the tournaments begin Wednesday with Event #1, the $500 Casino Employees tournament. That\’s as good a reason as
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\’Nother Sam\’s Game teaser … OK, gotta say, I\’m kinda likin\’ the show — at least in short, few-minute blips. Though I\’ve hardly even seen any hands, I have totally dug the ones I have seen. Is it at all
The high hand is usually seen as the weaker of the possible hands in hi/lo split games – simply because it cannot win the low as well, where as low hands can frequently develop into high hands which can win
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Tee times, to be more specific … I didn\’t plan on it, but at the moment I\’m following a Las Vegas golf match between @barrygreenstein and @RealKidPoker. Pathetic, I know … surely there\’s something better to stare at on this
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The former CEO of Party Gaming is on board with the WSOP to be sure … as CEO of the newly formed Harrah\’s Interactive Entertainment. Jeffrey Pollack stays on board as WSOP Commish and President of the new parent company.
