Boy, that was fun
My run at the WSOP main event ended six hours after it began when my short stack was put at risk while I held JJ vs. my opponent\’s AQ. For the second year in a row, the player seated directly […]
Local (North Texas) Boy Making Good
LAS VEGAS–Loyal Pokeratizens might know this guy … Josh Evans from Dallas is the Day 1d chip leader, with about 240,000. UPDATE: The fact that I am eating my first Poker Kitchen fruit salad of the entire WSOP right now
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Numbers Game
Payouts under a new \”flattened\” prize structure for the main event of the 2007 World Series of Poker … five new millionaire\’s: (You\’ll also notice they\’ve rounded off the champion\’s share, but not the rest of the numbers.) 1st –
Vinnie Vinh’s Chair is Backed, I mean Back
Vinnie Vinh has yet again graced us with an empty seat. Chops of WCP interviewed Vinnie earlier when he showed up for today\’s Main Event. Growing his stack to 25k he failed to return after the dinner break. Word around
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The numbers are high… I told you so
LAS VEGAS–The sun has set on the final registration day of the 2007 WSOP. Any dreams of winning a gold bracelet this year should now be terminated unless you’re one of the few left in the main event. This year
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Official Main Event Numbers
LAS VEGAS–If you had the over in any main-event field-size over-under bet … you almost certainly won. Considering the hit poker took as a whole since last year\’s WSOP, everybody seems pretty happy about the numbers for 2007. Small dip
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Overheard at the WSOP
LAS VEGAS–Randy Brown (who is this guy, not this guy of similar nomenclature in the various player databases, fyi) was climbing up the leaderboard when his name appeared on the TV screens, and one fan, unaware that he was standing
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Batface / Rounder / Clonie Update
LAS VEGAS–OK, this will probably be my last update of the night, because I have TWO parties I HAVE to get to. One is with my old-good-good-ole friends at PartyPoker, and the other is a bikini party at a pool.
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Re: The Nascarization of Poker
Hellmuth crashes
LAS VEGAS–We all know poker, or at least the WSOP, is going NASCAR. Well Phil Hellmuth was at a track somewhere today — about two hours ago — and he was supposedly driving a car up on a red carpet
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Spread the Wealth: More on Backing Deals
LAS VEGAS–Pokerati good friend Michele Lau will be playing in the main event tomorrow (Monday) and she is looking for some additional backing. She\’s already bought herself in, but would like to give you a chance to make a little
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