At this moment, Dennis Phillips is drawing dead with one card to come. That will be 3rd place for him — his boisterous crowd and his Red Hat Brigade are honoring him the way friends of someone who has just […]
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It\’s over … at least in the minds of various online poker execs. With Scott Montgomery\’s elimination in 5th place, there are now more Full Tilt players alive. It\’s all PokerStars, and now, I guess, they\’ll be having their primary
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Courtesy of PokerStars blog Wow! It was an all-in moment, good instinct moment, and big whoop-tee-doo all in one. Eastgate made the initial raise, and short-stacked Montgomery pushed all-in from the small blind. Eastgate called with pocket sixes, and Montgomery
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Dallas-to-Vegas transplant Linda Tran is one of five dealers dealing the final table. While there\’s a wee-bit of hubbub from the usual featured-table dealers who weren\’t invited to pitch … I know Linda is one of the best dealers I\’ve
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At dinner break, Dr. Pauly and I discuss Chino Rheem\’s bustout interview and its political inspiration, along with PokerStars\’ domination over Full Tilt. (Four Stars players left, one Full Tilter.) In fact, there\’s even a rumor we start discuss about
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Just after the dinner break, as food-induced comas were setting in, the restart of final table play was delayed for the Poker Hall of Fame inductions. Duane the tub, I\’m dwowning \”Dewey\” Tomko and Henry Orenstein were announced as the
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Camped out in the Milwaukee\’s Best Light No Limit Lounge … \”American Live Event Artist\” Shawn David Baker has been furiously scribbling away like a courtroom illustrator … transforming the final table scene into his brand of art. Good Stuff!
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I go rogue to bring you the bustout of David \”Chino\” Rheem — supposedly the most serious pro at the table, but also the guy with the most serious criminal record. Dude knows how to play hardball, though, as we\’ve
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Players are off on dinner break … and the chip counts are nicely on display for all to see: Ivan Demidov: 30,725,000 Peter Eastgate: 27,175,000 Dennis Phillips: 26,950,000 Ylon Schwartz: 20,475,000 Scott Montgomery: 20,300,000 Darus Suharto: 10,600,000 Damn, that\’s tight
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Courtesy of PokerStars Blog David \”Chino\” Rheem hasn\’t had the best of days. After starting his trip to Vegas with some questionable logo decisions and seeming uncertainty about to follow through on a deal, it seemed that karma wasn\’t on
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