The smallest opening day field (1,158) since the WSOP was first held at the Rio in 2005 started play shortly after noon yesterday. The attendance for days 1c and 1d look to be much more encouraging, with at least 3,000 […]
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Perhaps inspired by the amount of money police forces take in from poker raids, police in Port Arthur, Texas, raided an internet cafe that was allowing patrons to gamble online — the first bust of its kind in our nation\’s
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From the LVRJ (via HoldemRadio): \”Let me get back to you on it,\” he said. \”I haven\’t thought about the issue.\” He did say he had concerns about Internet gaming originating in foreign countries. Of course, this happens because of
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Poker pros, poker media, WSOP execs, agents, and interns convened a couple days ago at the Sapphire Club for the Bluff Magazine party — a delightfully rancorous f’te celebrating the end of regular WSOP season and kicking off the main
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The 4th of July holiday certainly put a damper on the size of day 1b, as a disappointing 1,158 showed up to play at noon today. Pauly notes that some country music singer did the Star Spangled Banner and some
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One site that didn\’t even make it as a write-in contender, but I clearly have been enjoying since recently discovering it: Melted Felt. Basically The Onion of Poker. Some recent hedlines: Iran Introduces Hanging for Slowrollers PPA Upbeat on Donations
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We\’ve got a new poll up on the right — go ahead and start your ballot-stuffing as we try speculate wildly on who is most likely to win the WSOP main event. Should be fun, albeit different than our last
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It\’s still a little too early to say, obviously. But right now it\’s a guy named Mark Garner. Brandon Adams is close behind. They get to play with the comfort of knowing that essentially, theoretically, they could not play another
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A lot of people. 636 out of 1,297 to be exact. Did your poker beloved cut the WSOP Day 1 main event mustard? Click below to see an alphabetized list of everyone so far moving on — with their chip
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Erick Lindgren When Event 53 came to an end with Matt Graham capturing the $1500 LHE Shootout bracelet on the morning of Thursday, July 3, the 2008 World Series of Poker Player of the Year race ended, as the main
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