LAS VEGAS–Am left wondering if I shoulda made a side-bet with Mike & Tom on Dallas vs. Ireland. (Actually, I probably coulda wrapped all of Texas into it, too.) Matt Wilson is 7th in chips right now, with $1.2 million. […]
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LAS VEGAS–Just getting word that a game got raided recently (like days ago, maybe?) in Highland Village. From the sounds of it, it was a home game … (or maybe a \”home game\”?) … with a little money taken out
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LAS VEGAS–Just got some more info on Whitney Blanton, who interestingly enough won his seat via charity raffle at the 2006 La Riata. He\’s hanging in and hanging on … The hand he doubled up on: Blinds are at 4,000/8,000
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LAS VEGAS–By the numbers, we don\’t have many … but there are a couple Dallas guys moving deeper into the money: Matt Wilson (the former dealer) took a slight hit but is still in fine shape — in 13th chip
LAS VEGAS–I hope this Rounder Club vs. Batfaces donnybrook doesn\’t turn into an East Coast/West Coast thing with Tupac or Tiny B getting gunned down in Vegas. While the BFs still arguably have an edge in cash games, the Rounders
Como Express rolls on through Vegas Read More »
This has little to do with poker or the WSOP, but surely some players and/or other pokery people were affected by it … late last night a man climbed to the top of the backdrop of the MGM lion (using
Rough Night in Vegas Read More »
LAS VEGAS–So we ragged on CardPlayer for misspelling Johnny Kampis\’ name, and Steve Carter\’s. Steve Carter, it turns out … is out. Why? Because he was never in. CardPlayer\’s error … replicated by the rest of the media, as we
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Quick little WSOP-stupid rant … As you all probably know by now, this year the WSOP is all about dot-net. Now I\’m no lawyer, and I always want to do poker right, but I think I could make a good
Three weeks or so ago, I found myself going bust in a $2/$5 NL game at the WSOP, and it all hinged on a single hand. I had called a small raise with 8-9s and the flop came 9-9-10. As
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Tuscaloosa Johnny (“Johnny Kamdis”[sic] on CardPlayer) will start Day 3 tomorrow with more than 140,000 chips. That’s pretty good. As things stand now, he and Daniel Negreanu are currently the best hopes for bloggers to make the final table. Anyhow,
