Harry Reid won his Democratic Senate primary yesterday. Not a shock, but an essential hurdle for the powerful yet vulnerable Nevada senator to overcome in a race that will almost certainly play a role in how all poker politics progress. […]
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Time for a recap of the Tuesday night tournament action: Kassela bests Kessler at Stud 8 Frank Kassela outlasted Allen Kessler and the rest of a stacked final table to win the $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo 8 or better
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Check it out … I\’m not sure they can sell these in the Rio because of the deal with Red Bull, but at least one gas-station mini-mart near Pokerati headquarters is getting in on the World Series action with a
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Paul Kitsos, 55, was enthusiastically headed to Las Vegas from his home in Long Island, New York, with $11,000 in cash on him, when he died of an apparent heart attack mid-flight. According to his wife he was going to
Paul Kitsos, Big Fashion Name and East Coast Poker Semi-Pro,
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Going over what\’s happened so far this Tuesday at the WSOP: 10k Stud 8 Final Table Set The final table of the $10,000 Stud 8 or Better final table has been set, with plenty of big names looking to take
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Voting for the WSOP Tournament of Champions closes on June 15, and the final seat in the 27-player field will be determined in a nine-person tournament on June 10th. The nine players taking part in the tournament June 10, with
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Recapping Monday\’s WSOP, with another bracelet winner awarded: Yan Chen Lowball Winner The $1,500 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball, Single Draw champion was Yan Chen, a cash game veteran defeated Mike Wattel heads-up to earn his first bracelet, along with $92,817. The
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I suppose the first big hubbub of the 2010 WSOP was Michael Mizrachi\’s run in the $50k Mix. And the second, had to be Tom Dwan, who essentially did the equivalent of calling his shot when laying up to 3.5:1
Tom Dwan FTW??!!?? Tao of Pokerati (w Benjo)
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Below is the PR announcement about the WSOP-Europe schedule. As many know, I\’m not too hot these days on just posting press releases (without handsome pay) … but beyond the typically easy-to-cut-and-paste keywords these often contain, this mass-mailed announcement  has
Recapping the rest of the Sunday night WSOP action, besides Durrrr finishing 2nd to Simon Watt in the $1,500 NL Holdem event: Matros Wins Limit Holdem Bracelet Matt Matros won the $1,500 Limit Holdem for $189,870, defeating Ahmad Abghari in
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