This year, Harrah\’s decided that the WSOP events, namely the $1500 NLHE tournaments, would not accept alternates. So, depending upon the space available, the powers-that-be set a cap on the field. Let\’s take today\’s NLHE, Event #49. It was capped […]
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Since returning from dinner break, the players in the $50K HORSE have been in slow motion, barely trotting here. So much is on the line, so I don\’t blame them… The railbirds aren\’t getting tired, though. They\’re still packed in
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Sorry for the ToP delays … but Tao of Pokerati gets back to the mike … this time railbirding the $50k HORSE masseuses as we have our first semi-topless guest on the show (from a distance) and question massage strategy.
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Though it won\’t help Mike Wattel feel any better, the Arizona guys are out celebrating, as Ryan Hughes won a bracelet tonight — in $1,500 7-stud Hi-Lo. Woot! (Uh-huh, yeah, we go like way back, Ryan and us … we
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What\’s happened tonight at the WSOP: The two final tables for today are both heads-up. First, the $5,000 NL Holdem 6-handed event is down to Joe Commisso and Richard Lyndaker, having played over 130 hands of heads-up action so far.
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As you may know, Cardrunners is the official sponsor of the WSOP satellite room, with no shortage of promotional banners on the walls. But the popular poker training website has taken promotions a step further by leaving fortune cookies on
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With the final 16 players in the money, there were numerous HORSEs who were potentially great stories. This isn\’t to diminish their feats in this tournament – to survive the initial field of 148 in a $50K buy-in mixed game
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I use the phrase \”last minute\” loosely, because it\’s possible this changed occurred back in 2007 and I just missed it … but Change100 points out there\’s been a change in how the WSOP calculates its Player of the Year.
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Mike Wattel just went out in 17th place in the $50k HORSE event, finishing one shy of the money. Can you imagine anything worse? Wattel was tiny-stacked with 20 players left, and managed to hang on with hardly an ante
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I\’ve only been in Vegas for little more than five days and I\’ve already seen more bad behavior than a table full of Hellmuths could muster in a 12-hour session. There was the old European guy Max at the Golden Nugget
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