The media event
As the lone Pokerati participant in the annual WSOP media push fest, I tried to represent the best I could and made it through about half the field before succumbing to the blind onslaught (i.e. I ran 9-9 into A-A), […]
The annual WSOP press conference….zzz
You actually do often hear interesting information at these things, but this year the non-poker knowledgable media kept asking about the delayed final table that has already been discussed ad nauseum by the rest of us. Here\’s a random Jeffrey
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Top Ten Lists for Day 2A & 2B
With the slower structure at the 2008 WSOP main event, the number of players still in the field after all of the Day 1\’s were completed is massive – 3,929 to be exact. Luckily, the second days are divided into
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RE: Get Yer Jackets Here
An update from WSOP brass this morning about the final table jackets: If you made a final table at the 2008 WSOP and you\’re already back home – wherever in the world that may be – Harrah\’s will mail your
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Update on SuperVisor
Ok. First blind, no luck. Down to 14k. 2nd blind got blinded down to 10k in first 90 minutes and finally caught a hand to pick up a few thousand, then played 8s from middle position, big stack bully calls
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RE: Even Statues Sometimes Move
Another sign of the changing times? Doyle Brunson busted out of the main event yesterday, and for the first time in as long as I can remember — at least all the way back to 2005 — he exited the
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Even Statues Sometimes Move
If you don\’t think poker is in a transitional time, you\’re stupid you should. A sign of this old-timer era being put out to pasture went virtually overlooked at the start of this WSOP or maybe a little before it
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(Way) Outside the WSOP (Media+Casino Employee Tournament)
Play ended early Monday morning with just over 1,350 surviving to day 2b of the Main Event on Wednesday. The leader for the day appears to be Dylan Linde with about 146,000 in chips. Others near the top include David
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Donkey Busts out of the Main Event
This hedline could refer to thousands of players, of course, but I\’m talkin\’ bout Pokerati\’s own Donkey … who busted out on the near last hand. He re-raised with a broadway open-ender, got called with a flush draw, and a
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End of day 1
Nitted it up for t hours. Was down to 21 and flopped a set on last hand of night. 27100 going in to day 2. Super structure. Not super short.
