Dan at his “reflective” best
Sure sign the world is about to end? Dan gets a shout-out in ESPN.
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Mirage Makes Operational Change to Reward Tighter Play
A Las Vegas poker-room development … Starting last week (or maybe a few days before) the Mirage has changed from 9-handed tables to 10-handed. No confirmation on what the rationale was behind the decision to change. But you can think
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Your Cheatin’ (Ace of) Heart
This just in on the Pokerati newswire: [Johnny chans girlfriend arrested at bellagio for holding out aces] Hmm. Wow. We\’ll give it semi-confirmed rumor status for now … That\’s the not-so-quiet buzz around some of the bigger tables at Bellagio
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Chris Ferguson Wins
Dr. Chris Ferguson and his support-posse rejoice behind a trophy, a watch (or is it a bracelet?), and a plateful of half-a-mil. Fabolosa on his lap. He pushes all-in on a board of [cards]10c 3s 7s 7h[/cards]. (He\’s holding [cards]js
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Hellmuth vs. Durrr Heads-up Rematch?
Tom Dwan, aka Durrr, cracked Phil Hellmuth\’s pocket aces with pocket 10s in the third hand of the opening round of the National Heads-Up Poker Championship … and now there is talk of a rematch for $100,000. (Hellmuth already made
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Math vs. Math
Andy Bloch caught an ace on the river to best Huck Seed … so he moves on to what is theoretically his second-biggest heads-up match of his career (the first being the 2006 $50k HORSE finals against Chip Reese) vs.
Ferguson Moves On
Chris Ferguson beat Phil Ivey when his pocket 8s held up against Ivey\’s pocket 6s (who was drawing to a 6, 2, or 7 when they got it all in). This makes it three-out-of-four years in the history of this
Not Quite the Michael Buffer of Poker
NBC Heads-Up Championship announcer Jordan Siegel, who may or may not have won the gig in a $1,000 Bellagio tourney. The NBC heads-up announcer whom I was criticizing the other day for not acknowledging runner-runner possibilities and generally lacking a
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Full Tilt Wins Heads-Up Championship
Concept of competition reproves it’s a good thing
The Final Four is set … and PokerStars, Ultimate Bet, and Bodog have all been fully eliminated. T Phil Ivey vs. Chris Ferguson Huck Seed vs. Andy Bloch Holy crap, it looks like it will be some actual hardcore competition
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WPT Invitational Enters Day 2 Without Mekhi
Mekhi Phifer – Courtesy of PokerListings.com The WPT Invitational got underway yesterday with a 5pm reception. Open bars, free buffet, dj spinning some tunes, celebs excited to meet poker pros, poker pros excited to meet celebs, media enjoying the food
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