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We know Pokeratizens already know to get your official hand coverage and chip counts at PokerNews WSOP.com, while supplementing it with some sex Wicked Chops, drugs Tao of Poker, and rock-n-roll PokerRoad. But a few other spots on the internet […]
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Your favorite intrepid degen journos are back for the 40th WSOP — and what better way to get poker\’s version of summer camp started than with some festive prop-betting over a friendly game of bowls at the South Point Casino?
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Earlier this morning, Andrew Cohen became the first bracelet winner of the WSOP as he took down the $500 Casino Employees event. Cohen, a bartender at the N9ne Steakhouse at the Palms, took down $83,833 and will take part in
(Way) Outside the WSOP – Day 3 First bracelet winner, 40k NL Day 2, $1,500 O8 starts
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Interesting article in today\’s New York Times about the Pentagon\’s plans to set up bases in cyberspace. Though you gotta think it might be pretty cool to follow the next #war via twitter (@evilgeneral firing missiles @TankGuy. boo-ya!) — deployment
More from @JustinBonomo (who is one of 89 out of 201 players remaining in the $40k NLH): Oh man. Same thing if you fold out of turn. Even if its an accident, automatic 1 hand penalty. Wsop always makes the
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The $40k NLH is movin\’ along … 111 left out of 201. One of the guys near the top in chips, @JustinBonomo, says: Just broke 500k, but can\’t believe new rule. Any card ACCIDENTALLY exposed is a 1 hand penalty.
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It was a fun run following @johnharristtu in event #1, and things were looking good as they got deeper and deeper into the money. He maintained an above- to about-average stack throughout the day getting very few good cards —
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In a case of subtraction by addition, the last two players to register for the 40th Annual $40k NL holdem event cost the eventual winner almost $135,000. Going by the WSOP\’s payout structure, the winner would have taken 26.5% of
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The final numbers for the big $40K NLHE event were released just after the first break of the day: Number of Entries: 201 Net Prize Pool: $7,718,400 First Place Prize: $1,891,012 Total Spots Paid Out: 27 The vast majority of
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That’s right. I’ve got picks. I didn’t participate in any official draft or betting pool, just chose players to watch this year and listed them here. That makes them official, Pokerati-style. The purpose of picking a team of players at
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