LAS VEGAS–Daniel Negreanu is on some sort of WSOP board that will be advising Harrah\’s suits on future WSOP set-ups. And just heard him on the live pay-per-view coverage agree with announcer Howard David that these $1,500 and $1,000 \”bracelet\” […]
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LAS VEGAS–The cards are in the air. It\’s quite a spectacle, to say the least. We\’ll be trying to bring you a glimpse of it here and on PokerBlog. During the introductions I learned that, though he currently lives in
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Was looking for an update on Dallas pokerer Lloyd Shinn (pictured, right) in Event #44, $1,500 NLH. Pokerati wasn\’t there, and apparently neither was anyone else. I can tell you he finished somewhere between 10th and 22nd, winning more than
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LAS VEGAS–It\’s fun (and easy) to make fun of CardPlayer, but sometimes they\’ve got some pretty good stuff. I enjoyed Bob Pajich\’s article about the Hollywoodization of poker. It\’s a well-constructed assay of the online poker lifestyle, complete with visible
Dr. Tim has a great post over on PokerBlog about the infrequent but recurring problem of players losing chips at the WSOP — particularly when they\’re nowhere near them. In it he brings up a very real poker issue that
LAS VEGAS–Why is it that any semi-known from Texas gets the nickname Tex? Last year we saw it with John/Derek Barch … who is now known simply as Tex Barch. Lloyd Shinn is doing well in the $1,500 NLH event.
LAS VEGAS–They\’re down to 30 in the $1,500 NLH event, and Dallas pro Lloyd Shinn is still alive. Faced with a relatively tiny stack (less than 4,000 chips) at the bubble, \”You hit a point where there\’s a fork in
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LAS VEGAS–Richard Wyrick did not call me this morning for any helpful hints. He was first man out, in 27th place. Coincidence? I\’m just sayin\’ …
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LAS VEGAS–So I\’m following Richard Wyrick — aka Deadeye Dick — and I think he knows I\’m happy to be his sounding board whenever he wants to talk poker strategy. He probably also knows that I keep coming up to
LAS VEGAS–There\’s a PartyPoker player still alive in the main event that we are following on PokerBlog. His name is Richard Wyrick — a very nice fellow I met on the PartyPoker Million. Anyhow, he is getting pretty short-stacked, and
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