Going for Broke
I got a call yesterday at the WSOP from the Butler. I haven\’t seen the guy for a couple months — not since me and my jiu-jitsu coach and heavy metal teacher got booted out of our sweet pad (pool […]
(Way) Outside the WSOP – Day 3 ($1,500 NL Day 1b + 10k PL Holdem Final Table)
Another day, another 2,000 players will be expected to start play in the first $1,500 NL event of the 2008 WSOP. When play starts shortly after 12pm PT today, the record for the largest field in WSOP preliminary event history
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Money Kinda-Sorta Plays
On Friday I made a pretty big decision that I wasn\’t going to play at all here (at the Rio, at least) during the WSOP … $2/$5 NLH Buy-in: $300 Cash out: $0 Net: -$300 Argh … the cost of
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(Way) Outside the WSOP (Day 2 Evening Update)
What I\’ve been doing while waiting anxiously for Jeffrey Pollack\’s next blog post: Day 1a of the $1,500 almost sold out, as over 2,000 started play. The play was fast and furiousEarlier this evening there was about 400 spots left
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Together Again
As friends, I mean. Mark Newhouse and Dustin \”Neverwin\” Woolf have had a feud that dates back over a year regarding money borrowed/stolen/used/owed. Last year\’s WSOP was an especially low point for the former friends, as Newhouse made somewhat of
Running Strange
Tom busted out on his first hand of today\’s $1,500 NLH event. Here\’s how it went down … Donkey Bomber shows up and is looking for his seat. A floor guy directs him to his table — only he sends
Event #2 Kicks It Up
Yesterday was an easy Day 1 of the 2008 WSOP. Well, in truth, it would\’ve been easier had I not been hung over short-tempered out of sorts. But some solid sleep, quiet time at home last night to catch up
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Shout out/in from Texas
Rick in Greenville, TX writes in with what would count as a major beef in a bizzarro poker world: Hey Dan o, I have been a loyal DAILY Pokerati reader for 3 years now. We (myself and 13 other Pokerati
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(Way) Outside the WSOP, Day 2 ($1,500 NL Day 1a + $10k PL Holdem day 2)
Some WSOP thoughts as you watch this guy work his opponent. Today is day 1 for the hordes of amateurs ready to begin their World Series of Poker, as its day 1a of the $1,500 NL Holdem event. This weekend
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Living on Poker Street
Funny … I\’m sitting on the little porch off my bedroom in Slight Southwest Vegas, facing the Rio actually … Luxor beam at about 1 o\’clock. It\’s a beautiful night — cool \’70s and still. I know it\’s only Day
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