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In a stunning development, one of the WSOP November Nine has cashed in a poker tournament. And it just happened to be Kelly Kim, the shortest stacked player waiting to head back to the Rio in Las Vegas to attempt […]
November Niner Cashes in L.A.WSOP Short Stack Kelly Kim Practices Final Table Play
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While I can\’t keep up with all of the Olympic coverage, I\’m doing my damnedest. My TiVo has been working in hyperdrive, recording everything airing on NBC, the USA network, and CNBC, and I\’m watching a lot and fast-forwarding (with
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Shame on me. On August 5, I was wishing the best to my good friends at PartyPoker, who turned 7 years old last week. But I forgot about Pauly — a presumably better friend and fellow blogger and my personal
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You\’ve probably seen this already, but in case you haven\’t … lots of dumb gamblers* these days: And then there was this guy, who called 911 with a claim that a slot machine stole his money. * \”gamblers\” is a
Brendan Hansen … American swimmer … just got third in his semi-final in the 100m breaststroke. (Really, how amazing is that — to be able to breast-stroke the length of a football field in less than a minute.) Anyhow, apparently
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As mentioned below, I\’m currently watching Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh dominate the Japanese in women\’s beach volleyball (poker-playing b-baller Jason Kidd is also watching the game, albeit from the stands, not on TV — as the NBA players are
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In comparing the Olympics to the World Series of Poker, I didn\’t plan to write about this, but Justin Shronk asks: \”Have any Olympians ever played in the WSOP?\” I stayed awake about an hour last night doing some research
How Many Olympians Have Played in the WSOP? (Six and counting …) Read More »
Las Vegas Vegas let us know this week that the poker room at the Excalibur will be folding its hand but buying in to a new game. The room will close on August 18th and send all of its dealers
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After much talk and some anticipation, Dan notes that the Hard Rock poker room will open sometime in August. Evidently, poker pro Joe Awada got a sneak peak at the room and wrote an article about it for Gaming Today.
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In case your Friday night included something more interesting than watching TV (mine didn\’t), I\’m here to tell you that the summer Olympics \”started\” with the Opening Ceremonies tonight. Actually, the ceremonies took place about half a day ago in
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