As Kevin pointed out … great story (like true narrative from a non-poker person who kinda gets poker) in the New York Times Magazine about a mother trying to come to grips with her son\’s extensive online poker play … […]
A Very True Tale of Online Poker And the fine line between addiction and success
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On a day when the world\’s eyes will likely be focused on Day 3 of $50k HORSE USA vs. Brazil, 60 minutes is rerunning their story on the biggest scandal to hit online poker. Curious timing. It could just be
60 Minutes to Re-Air AP Cheating Scandal Story This Sunday, June 28
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Interesting, looks like Allen Kessler musta won that mega-sat Pauly and I were watching … or at least did well enough to secure his backing from somewhere else. Here\’s who entered … we\’ll see if we can\’t break it down
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Wow, I took the under … but this is so under I\’m not even sure I still win: 95 players in $50k HORSE, compared with 148 the year before, 148 the year before that, and 143 the year before that.
$50k HORSE Field Takes Bigger-Than-Expected Hit < 100
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A mid-tourney Phil Hellmuth piss break catches no one\’s attention but Dan\’s and Pauly\’s … whereupon we explore the role of VIP bathrooms at the WSOP — and how the need for private urination is only going to increase in
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A $2,250 Mega-Sat for the $50k HORSE breaks out right in front of us, where suddenly the seasoned pros are kicking it old-school — playing with jovial intensity and the hope that their real poker dreams can be bought at
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I\’m posting this latest Nolan interview because it touches on some familiar laments we\’ve heard around these parts before. Who woulda guessed there were others who wonder how the not-best players get some of the sweeter sponsorship deals: QUESTION: What
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There\’s an interesting little mini tourney taking shape right in front of the press box … it\’s the $2,250 HORSE Mega-satellite (for tomorrow\’s big $50k event). It doesn\’t look too different from many satellites or second-chance tourneys that get started
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They\’re back in action in 2.5 O8B (bear with me, still experimenting with new abbreviations) … Mike Matusow is out, but with 14 players left Team Pokerati-er Pat Poels is climbing back hanging on for dear life. Mark Tenner is
RE: Late-night Follows $2,500 Omaha Hi-Lo
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The \”hardest working man in poker\” takes a three-week Appalachian vacation in the middle of the World Series (really, how important is mid-June anyway?) but comes back rested, revived, and totally seeing tracers …
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