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The Poker Players Alliance (PPA) recently announced that it hit the one-million-member mark. Truthfully, membership currently stands at 1,000,450. That, in itself, is amazing, considering it is difficult to get more than five poker players to agree on a restaurant […]
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Just for funsies, I thought I\’d make predictions on the final 6 with 61 players left — hey, if they can change a rule mid-tourney, why can\’t I change my theoretical horses? So that was last night, but I fell
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Tommy-boy started the day as one of the shortest stacks in the WPT World Championship at Bellagio, and with 55 players left, he managed to squeak out an extra $13k for himself by finishing 50th. Nice job, Tom, way to
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They\’re into the money in the $25k WPT World Championship Event. Every remaining player is guaranteed $39,570 (a $14.5k payday) while they compete for the $3.4 million first prize. As of this moment, there are 85 players left — Anna
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I loved being a tournament director — training dealers was particularly fun at the Lodge, and I can think of no truer example of getting to be a benevolent dictator. You have some basic big rules to follow, and then
Cards go in the air for the 2008 World Poker Tour World Championship at noon pacific … 188 out of 545 remain … Our boy (when he\’s winning) Tom laid low with about 20k in chips pretty much all day
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Ed. Note: This post woulda been much more relevant and timely had it gone up yesterday, when it was written. Despite slightly lower numbers, the WPT World Championship will still likely end up being one of the five biggest tournaments
WPT World Champ: Real Contenders Please Step Forward Read More »
Not sure if you noticed, but Pokerati was down for the past 24 hours. Oh, sure, it didn\’t appear down — which kinda made matters worse — but none of us had the ability to write a post, edit anything,
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I think this Reuters news vid is a couple years old, but it\’s the first time I\’ve ever seen it, so thought you might want to, too. An April Fool\’s promotional gimmick for PaddyPower Poker gone awry … resulting in
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In this week\’s episode: What are the SSIGI and HR 5767? It\’s Bob Goodlatte\’s Worst Nightmare… Barney Frank and Ron Paul have introduced HR 5767 to target the financial powers of the UIGEA, and they are receiving the backing of
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