A Fan’s View
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 […]
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The Biggest Hush So Far
We\’re 6 hours into the action, Phil Ivey is All-in (with ~ 20 BB in his stack) and Jeff Shulman is in the tank …. The crowd is shushing each other all of the sudden. And re-shushing. It\’s like everyone
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When Worlds Collide
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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Semi-live Everything Blog
So much craziness going on, and we\’ve hardly covered any poker. James Akenhead hit a sick three-outer — the crowd erupted — to triple up, and Antoine Saout called an all-in bluff from Darvin Moon with two pair to stay
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A Bird’s Eye View
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
Priorities
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
Staring ‘Em Down
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
Julie Schneider at the November Nine
In spirit … Phil Ivey just took down his first pot, and a voice from the crowd screamed: \”Stack\’em, stack\’em, to the top!\”
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Faces in the Crowd
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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The Final What?
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
