The charity poker season here in Vegas is in full holiday swing. And one of the bigger tournaments (celebrity-wise) is this Saturday — the second annual All In for CP at the Hard Rock. It has a $550 buy-in (with […]
Jacob Zalewski Charity Tourney This Weekend Go All-in for CP
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For the past two months, Phil Ivey, Durr, Gus Hansen, Patrik Antonius and the online phenom/enigma known as Isildur1 have been playing some of the most outrageous poker we\’ve ever seen at what can only be described as nosebleed-level stakes.
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A friend of mine who watched the WSOP final table with his 12-year-old son earlier this week sent me a note asking if I knew of any \”poker little leagues\” that he could enroll his son in. I don\’t, but
As the PokerRoad boys say, \”If you can\’t take the best of it, take the worst of it.\” For Kevin Schaffel, that meant getting all in preflop with pocket Aces vs. Eric Buchman\’s pocket Kings and losing to quads. Live
We\’ve talked a little about cheering sections at today\’s final table, but we\’ve saved the strangest combination of superfans for last. Sitting on stage near their main man Phil Ivey are the Humphreys, the little old couple who have rooted
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The Penn & Teller theater is a big room with seating for hundreds of friends, family and media folk. Some of us are down on the floor close to the action while others, like me, are relegated to the sky
While the battle for the bracelet heats up on stage, Doyle Brunson is taking care of business in the lobby of the Penn & Teller theater where he\’s signing copies of his books, including his new autobiography that goes on
Phil Ivey made the first all-in move of the day and the crowd went… silent. It was certainly the tensest moment so far as both Joe Cada and Jeff Shulman considered taking Ivey on and, potentially, knocking him out. In
Phil Ivey and Jeff Schulman may be the two biggest names at the final table, but they\’re far from the only poker celebrities in attendance at the Penn & Teller theater. Some of the faces in today\’s crowd include Doyle
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Poker\’s biggest final table is taking place just a few hundred feet away from where I\’m sitting, but it\’s not the only tourney at the Rio today. About 15 tables were set up outside of Buzios where local players, including
