Harrah\’s really tried this year. Not only did they expand the Poker Kitchen to include a seating area and many more food choices, but they arranged for alternate food areas for players\’ convenience. Some of us have truly appreciated the […]
Poker Players: Don’t Give Us Choices! Read More »
Once upon a time, we used to actually talk about hands on this here blog. Don\’t worry, we still think it was a good idea to replace the important strategy talk with much easier to understand poker cartoons … But
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The $5,000 PLO w/rebuy event is down to its final 3, with Phil Galfond the dominating chip leader, David Benyamine is a distant 2nd. Phil Hellmuth, Daniel Negreanu and John Juanda were eliminated in 8th, 7th and 6th respectively in
(Way) Outside the WSOP (Day 18 Evening Update) Read More »
Reviewing what happened last night… In a final table that ESPN SHOULD be covering (instead of ESPN360), the final table of the $5,000 Pot Limit Omaha w/rebuys final table has been set for around 3pm. Seat 1: John Juanda 694,800
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Lance Bradley wrote a prescient article in the current issue of Bluff highlighting five online young-guns to watch out for at the 2008 WSOP, and two weeks into it, all of them had cashed and then some. But at the
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What\’s happening this evening while watching Tiger Woods decide to wait until Monday to win his next major: The $10,000 Heads-Up World Championship is down to the final 2, as Kenny Tran is taking on Eric Torelli in a best
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When I discussed the rogue video camera filming the stacked table in the $5K PLO w/Rebuys tournament yesterday, I noted that Hellmuth seemed annoyed by the camera. Well, guess what? According to the Harrah\’s suit that gave the \”ok\” for
RE: Step Away From Table 15 Read More »
Carla \”ack in Austin\” writes in with her WSOP trip report. I wonder how many $1,500 NL players have similar experiences: I broke out at about the dinner break. I had about 8,000. A guy with a huge chip stack,
The Bottom 90 Percent Read More »
Tom\’s continues to be on a tournament tear — having cashed for his 5th time in 2008 this weekend by finishing in 10th place in the $1,500 Razz event to bring him close to even for the WSOP so far!
Tom and Russians vs. the Vegas Pros Read More »
Evidently, there is a televised golf game today. I know this because the TV screen that typically shows chip counts was just showing golf. Not only that, but there was a massive crowd gathered around the screen. More people were
All Eyes on the Ball Read More »
