Pauly and I have some side-action … on which dealer is going to deal the final hand. I\’ve got homegirl Linda Tran, of course (who goes on in the third down) and Lou the old white guy. He\’s got Jena […]
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I wasn\’t the biggest supporter of the WSOP delayed final table. I had many reasons to be against it, but in the end, I assumed it wouldn\’t be popular with the fans. I was about as right-on there as I
When the security guys came out with the money in silvery aluminum briefcases — 9 million semi-real American dollars — a few of us in media row joked about telling the story that the guys left at the final table
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Before things got underway here ate the final table, I was listening to an old podcast appearance I did with Andrew Feldman on ESPN\’s The Poker Edge. We were talking about the action at the end of Day 2B, and
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I made my call to the Feds to weigh in on tonight\’s planned attempts to strengthen the UIGEA and extend its reach. The call kinda reminded me of calling PartyPoker Customer Service back in the day, with less of an
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Either that or Peter Hellmuth. As we wind down the day yesterday and look forward to tonight\’s action, that\’s what\’s at stake — either we\’ll have a new youngest main event champion ever, or the Ruskies will have a new
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Ylon Schwartz check-raises with nothing into the nuts of Peter Eastgate, and Pauly and I begin the countdown and begin speculating on what two Eurokids (and maybe even Dennis Phillips) will mean for poker/PokerStars … and where poker is in
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Upon reaching the Final Four, Pauly coins Dennis Phillips as \”Mr. F-in\’ Rollercoaster\”, and from there we look at the strategy in play, make assessments of the time (and playing styles) it will take to get to the final two,
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Right now, the Supreme Court is (re)considering connotations of the F-word when mentioned in passing on TV. That seems particularly interesting — at least in terms of the perspective it provides — as I\’m reading what Bill Poser has to
Shit-shit-shit, dirty politics man … in play like right now! Scary and shameful stuff. Floor! From the International Business Times: Bush Administration Moves Forward on Midnight Rulemaking to Force Banks to Ban Internet Gambling NFL Lobbyist Turned Political Appointee Accused
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