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We love high culture here at Pokerati, but I gotta say, I never thought I\’d spend 12 minutes of 2010 listening to/watching ballet. Though my tastes lean more towards watching heavy metal videos with semi-pokery themes on Youtube, I couldn\’t […]
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The Venetian Deep Stacks, with the first ever NAPT tag attached to their main event, is underway. One other new not necessarily that new thing this go-round is the Best Overall Player Award. Details from The V: BEST OVERALL PLAYER
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Damn, that was quick. a few weeks ago Delaware considered the idea of legalizing table games at its casinos (which includes poker), the Senate voted on it yesterday, and the governor signed it into law. They expect to be playing
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In my mind this is all part of some master plan for Harrah\’s to some day hold the final table of the WSOP main event smack-dab in the middle of Las Vegas Blvd.: Harrah\’s is moving forward on a plan
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I couldn\’t help but find this convo between Kathy Liebert and Daniel Negreanu incredibly interesting. Not just because they kinda-sorta call Annie Duke a \”Hooo-ore\”, but also because Pokeratizens have long dealt with @donkeybomber\’s bitchings about why he doesn\’t get
Liebert Talks with Negreanu about Sponsorship Deals Read More »
We sometimes forget that a lot of poker players out there — particularly mid-tier pros — rely on big tournaments to help them make their living. So when they see something potentially asinine, they get a little upset. Unlike we
Players (Unsuccessfully) Petition Bellagio to Ditch Five-Diamond Rebuy Nuttiness Read More »
Check it out … I suspect someone was playing at a casino and watching how the table-embedded auto-shufflers work when they thought: How awesome would it be if you could press a button, and instead of getting a new deck,
Fancy Stash Box PokerBecause walking to the kitchen is too much trouble
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That\’s about all we know, but who knew, and glad to know … the US Men\’s National Team striker has been recovering from injuries suffered in a major car accident. To help his healing, he\’s been playing some $5/$10 no-limit
Charlie Davies Plays Poker Read More »
Who says tournament poker is dying/hurting? It\’s hard to go anywhere on the planet these days without finding a major soccer poker tournament. Lots of kids with disposable bankrolls, it seems … and lots of older folks trying to grab
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This could turn out to be quite the Mark McGwire-Sammy Sosa thing, with less Creatine. Daniel Negreanu and Phil Ivey could be going back-and-forth at the very top of the Hendon Mob leaderboard for all-time tournament winnings. Ivey just re-passed
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