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The $500 Casino Employee\’s event is well underway — done with more than half the field — and our guy @johnharristtu is still alive and well: @ second break, 380 left, my stack is about 6600. Avg is 6800 The […]
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Day 1 of the World Series of Poker is a misnomer, really. Much of the Amazon Room is still being put together, as is the ESPN feature/final table area, and the media room was dark (well, awfully bright, actually, but
WSOP Day 1 Came and Went With a WhisperDays 2 and 3 Will Bring the Noise
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Here\’s an argument against Barney Frank\’s efforts to legitimize American online poker that I certainly didn\’t see coming: Lifting the Online Poker Ban Could Cause a CO2 Emissions Boom Playing poker online is a time consuming venture playing tournaments can
Online Poker Is Bad for the Environment? Read More »
It is what it is — bowling for dollars with Pauly and Jen: Just to keep track of the prop betting that we\’re willing to publicly acknowledge here\’s how it\’s broken down so far: $60 from Dan -> Jen (for
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As Kevin points out, today is the $500 casino employees event … and Pokerati\’s got one of our guys in the seats: John Harris, whom will be making his debut as a poker. Should be interesting. John\’s a good player
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At noon today, the World Series of Poker officially gets under away with the first event, the $500 Casino Employees tournament. Yesterday, the Amazon Room officially opened for registration, cash games and satellites, especially the first of two $1,570 mega-satellites
(Way) Outside the WSOP – Day 1 $500 Casino Employees Event, WSOP Kickoff
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Air Force One just landed at McCarren airport. The President is headed to Caesar\’s Palace, for apparently what is a semi-controversial \”junket\” fundraiser for Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV). We can not, however, confirm the rumor that he is in town
Barack Obama in Vegas, Just in Time for WSOP Read More »
Be happy you\’re not on Tom Schneider\’s mass email list. If you were, you\’d get far too much mal-informed conservative propaganda, stories easily disprovable via Snopes.com, and the occasional funny potty-humor vid. Anyhow, this year Pokerati\’s favorite alumni-blogger-made-good is jumping
WSOPeople: @donkeybomber Read More »
You, the poker fan, can participate in the nominating process for the Poker Hall of Fame for the first time starting today. Head over to worldseriesofpoker.com and nominate someone (one vote per email address). Here\’s the criteria for the Poker
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Often in poker you come across situations where although you think you may have the best hand, you want to try and check and make your opponent bluff. These situations often occur when you have a medium strength hand that
