California Gold Rush
At the end of Day 2 of the WPT Legends of Poker tourney at the Bike, there are 53 players remaining … 45 of whom will make the money — $16,000 for crossing the bubble — and a few who […]
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Big Robert’s First Punch
As Tom Schneider stays near the top of the field in the Legends tourney, our embedded reporter Robert Goldfarb picks his first spot as he tries to claw his way up the leaderboard: All in for 6000…3 callers…cunningham raises 20..all
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The Other Big Event This Weekend … and still going
Day 2 of the $10k main event of the WPT Legends of Poker is well underway in California (aka the Oklahoma of Las Vegas). The Arizona contingent of Pokerati is representin\’ … Donkey Bomber is second in chips right now
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Red River Roundup Roundup
I\’ll try not to overdo this as Dan has posted much on this past weekend\’s tourney; but I did want to give a quick summary of my tournament and a review of the tournament and casino at large. First, my
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Vikram wins, Cloutier deflated by two-outer
Oklahoman beats Texan in $1 million Red River Roundup at WinStar
THACKERVILLE, Okla.–TJ Cloutier made a raise, and Vikram Vijay folded 2-7o face-up. Greg Raymer, announcing the action, says, \”Folding the Hammer.\” I think I was the only one cheering on the inside … not for the fold, but for the
Heads-up: Cowboy vs. Indian
THACKERVILLE, Okla.–Shee-ot … so much exciting action going on … we\’re down to heads-up, and TJ Cloutier is taking on Vikram Vijay. Cloutier has been trying to coffeehouse his way into Vik\’s head for a while now, and I think
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Red River Roundupdate: The Final Table
THACKERVILLE, Okla.–The final table is set, Kenny Rogers\’ \”The Gambler\” is playing over the PA, and there are two topics of conversation as players take their seats … Arnie Block\’s friends were telling him to push for a chop —
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Red River Roundupdate: Local Boys Hangin’ Tough
THACKERVILLE, Okla.–With 19 players remaining, another Dallas player doing well is Arnie Block. He\’s a short stack with 166k. (Average is 266k.) But pretty impressive considering that he started the day in 100th place … with 4,700 chips. He\’s seated
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Red River Roundupdate: Goin’ Deep
Vikram Vijay, wielding a big stack throughout the day, hanging on to the chip lead, and not afraid to get up and ask Greg Raymer for an opinion on how a hand played out. THACKERVILLE, Okla.–It\’s getting kinda exciting …
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Red River Roundup Payouts
1st – $230,000 2nd – $120,000 3rd – $70,000 4th – $50,000 5th – $40,000 6th – $35,000 7th – $30,000 8th – $25,000 9th – $22,500
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