A little leftover T-o-P audio, recorded late-night on Day 2B, as I throw the entire observant media for a loop by setting up shop outside the standard media home bases for the biggest Day 2 in the history of poker. […]
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Today is the day we watch the all-in-and-busts or all-in-and-double-ups while generally overlooking the pre-river play of players skillfully wielding medium-sized stacks to stay ahead of escalating blinds. It\’s also the day that the 2008 189th through probably 28th or
(Lost first post because of Rio internet. F!@$&! Abbreviated version here.) The goal of Day 4 was to play five levels, though it the tournament staff noted that if the field dwindled from the starting number of 474 down to
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Tuscaloosa Hollywood Johnny is playing in a blackjack tourney at Binion\’s, or maybe it\’s the four queens … somewhere that isn\’t the Rio. His first report: \”Won my first table! Now only have to win 3 more and I will
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Dave in Fairview writes in: Dan … read on Pokerati about \”the cheater\” caught on tape. Has he been banned from Las Vegas – or, at least from the WSOP Tournament? Dad, it\’s not really cheating … it\’s up to
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After it was decided to play one more level after the dinner break, the tournament staff decided to suspend play with just over 38 minutes remaining in level 19. Two possibilities: Since play started an hour later on Friday, ending
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About 215 players head towards their 90 minute dinner break, knowing that they\’re only playing one more level when they return around 9:45pm. At that point, they should be under the magical 175 figure tournament director Jack Effel had mentioned
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Today began with 474 players. By the end of the second level of the day, there were 280 remaining. Yeow. They\’re droppin\’ fast, and the tournament staff noted at the beginning of the day that this would likely be the
Grumble grumble … things looked to be going so well for Pat Poels. for the past two days, his stacks hardly appeared to be changing, even though he was consistently staying just ahead of average. And he did this all
Change 100 reports (via PokerNews): 25,000 Chips Introduced \”Hey, what are those green chips in your stack?\” asked a surprised Maya Antonius. A small stack of forest green chips sat atop her tablemate\’s stack of yellows and oranges. He showed
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