LAS VEGAS–Quick Batface update … I\’m nowhere near the Rio poker room right now; my apologies for the lack of updates … I\’ve spent too much time steering the PokerBlog ship. But Deco Chic reports: \”Your friend Fawcett\’s a poser. […]
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LAS VEGAS–Wimbledon has its Centre Court and a Court #1. At the WSOP, Mats Rahmn and Richard Toth found themselves battling it out heads-up to win the $1,500 NLH event (the one I competed in) in the shadow of the
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LAS VEGAS–There\’s been a lot of talk about dealer troubles and bad floormen at this year\’s WSOP. I\’m sure they\’re doing the best they can and will diligently re-assess all issues after the 2006 WSOP has come to a close.
LAS VEGAS–As mentioned before, what will probably be the biggest convention of legal-minded poker people and poker ambassadors in the modern poker era is going down this afternoon — just as the biggest poker tournament in the history of the
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Word of the SWAT-team poker raid in Dallas is making the rounds. The Daily Kos took note, as well as a few other political websites. Cool. And most recently, I came across this from the CATO institute. Just to set
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David Williams comes close to bracelet #2 … finishing in second place in the $5k 2-7 lowball (w/ rebuys) event. Tough final table, too. Daniel Alaei won. Philipe Rouas – who I am pretty sure is the guy who flopped
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LAS VEGAS–Defending Pokerati Invitational champion Tom Schneider will be fighting for a bracelet today, as he has made the final table of the $1,500 NLH Shootout. The six remaining players have all won two sit-n-gos in a row. After level
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LAS VEGAS–Phil Hellmuth is heads-up yet again for his 10th WSOP victory in a $1,000 NLH event. This time he\’s not up against a no-name … he\’s facing the anti-Phil in the form of the accomplished Juha Helppi. (Get it?
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LAS VEGAS–Last week I reported getting a lot of chips in the $1,500 NLH event by cracking Olga Varkonyi\’s aces (and a flopped set of jacks) with my pocket 10s. Not the case. I probably misidentified her because I thought
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