Oops, I may have been drawing lots of conclusions from the WSOP about the state of the poker economy under a false assumption pretense … Tao of Pokerati listeners have probably heard me ramble incessantly about how there\’s so much […]
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The Venetian was on to something when they created their Deep Stack Extravaganza series of tournaments. Not so shockingly, the low-stakes masses flocked to these events where you could compete against sizable fields will skill-rewarding starting stacks for hundreds, as
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Recapping last night with a preview of Sunday activities: In the $1,500 NL holdem event, Jesper Hougaard returned from the dinner break seemingly in better spirits, as he was able to recover from giving up a 6.5-1 chip lead to
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Happenings tonight at the WSOP. The $1,500 NL Holdem final table is now heads-up between Jesper Hougaard and Cody Slaubaugh. Jesper had been dominating the final table and started heads-up with $6,500,000 in chips to about 800,000 for Slaubaugh. Just
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The $10K World Championship of Omaha Hi-Lo started its third day of play with 18 players today and will play down to a winner. One of those 18 players is Stuart Paterson, one of the many Full Tilt Pros playing
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Evidently, Robert Williamson III is now a Full Tilt Pro. When I asked an FTP rep about the possibility of a forthcoming press release, I was told that there was not one planned because the information already leaked out. Ummm,
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Recapping the Friday action and a preview for today: The $1,500 7 Card Stud winner turned out to be Mike Rocco, who endured the barbs of Al Barbieri to take down his first bracelet and about $135,000. The $10,000 Omaha
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What\’s happening at the WSOP tonight: The $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha w/rebuys event just concluded with a winner, and it\’s Layne Flack who put on a dominant performance at the final table, taking an overwhelming chip lead that no one
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Poker Players Alliance Executive Director John Pappas did another one of his WSOP fly-ins for a couple days — manning the hallway booth and meeting with pros — but much of his time was spent away from the Amazon and
Several players in the mega satellite for the $50K H.O.R.S.E. that starts on Wednesday: Barry Greenstein, Dewey Tomko, Mark Newhouse, Mike Sexton, and Mark Gregorich. Didn\’t really expect to see Barry and Dewey playing a satellite, but I am shockingly
