LAPC Notes
As the players on Day 3 of the L.A. Poker Classic approach the money bubble, there are still some very well-known players atop the leader board – Phil Ivey and David Singer. Jennifer Tilly doubled up through Humberto Brenes and […]
Good Pokery Times, I Mean Tunes
The band is called Atmosphere. Underground hip-hop from Minneapolis. The album is Strictly Leakage. No joke. And the very pokery mixed-race rap song is \”What They Sitting For\” (not to be confused with Ice Cube\’s \”What They Hittin\’ Foe\”). Whoa,
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Oopsing with the ‘New John Brown’
I rarely post hand histories, but this one is just too good. I am curious what people think of my move on the flop? The set-up: we are on the bubble in last night\’s Sunday Million on Pokerstars, and I
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RE: Pure Raided by IRS
Norm Clarke — kinda like the Alan Peppard of Las Vegas, with an eyepatch — has the inside poop on the IRS shakedown of Pure. Does this sound familiar … an industry making ridiculous amounts of money, tons of it
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Tiger Woods Betting Lines
Charles in Fort Worth writes in wanting to know how to donk off his bankroll without chasing straights and flushes: Hi Dan, I have an idea for a sports bet and since you are my connection to the world of
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L.A. Poker Classic Main Event in Full Swing
The $10k buy-in World Poker Tour main event of the L.A. Poker Classic got underway today at Commerce Casino. The final number of entrants was 665 – less than last year but impressive nonetheless. First prize will be over $1.6
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Comfort Food
North Texas fireworks kingpin Ran Nelson brought his tight-aggressive Dallas game recently to the Mandalay Bay. Though I haven’t been writing much about anything it, I have been hitting the tables here in Vegas. Have sampled a handful of rooms
WPT Europe
Has a familiar ring to it, eh? It seems that the World Poker Tour is in the process of creating some type of WPT Europe, in addition to the WPT schedule that pretty much stays within the U.S. border with
RE: Can Antonio Save the WPT?
Antonio at the WPT press conference A few impressions from the press conference with Antonio Esfandiari and Steve Lipscomb: ~Antonio is immensely happy about this deal. He has a deep respect and fondness for the WPT. Though he was being
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Can Antonio Esfandiari Save the WPT?
That\’s what it seems like they\’re banking on — you know, along with restructuring tournament operations and slimming down staff. Steve Lipscomb just announced today at a press conference (at the Commerce in LA?) that Antonio the WPT-Made Millionaire will
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