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THACKERVILLE, Okla.–The final table is set, Kenny Rogers\’ \”The Gambler\” is playing over the PA, and there are two topics of conversation as players take their seats … Arnie Block\’s friends were telling him to push for a chop — […]
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THACKERVILLE, Okla.–With 19 players remaining, another Dallas player doing well is Arnie Block. He\’s a short stack with 166k. (Average is 266k.) But pretty impressive considering that he started the day in 100th place … with 4,700 chips. He\’s seated
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Vikram Vijay, wielding a big stack throughout the day, hanging on to the chip lead, and not afraid to get up and ask Greg Raymer for an opinion on how a hand played out. THACKERVILLE, Okla.–It\’s getting kinda exciting …
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1st – $230,000 2nd – $120,000 3rd – $70,000 4th – $50,000 5th – $40,000 6th – $35,000 7th – $30,000 8th – $25,000 9th – $22,500
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THACKERVILLE, Okla.–North Texas player Abteen Vaziri just said now that I know his name I can delete it. He is out. He wins $2,500 for finishing in 55th place. Much of Abteen\’s recent success has come from study of Joe
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THACKERVILLE, Okla.–Still anybody\’s game in the WinStar tourney. Though in the parking lot, the Okies seem to be mounting a comeback. Our unscientific license-plate spot-check today: Texas – 184 Oklahoma – 14 Pennsylvania – 1 South Dakota – 1 Kansas
THACKERVILLE, Okla.–Down to 61 players. Average stack is about 80k. Chip leader has about 300k. Blinds are 3000/6000+500. A few chip counts that Pokeratizens might care about: Abteen Vaziri (the \”dude\” whose name I couldn\’t remember on Friday) – 90k
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THACKERVILLE, Okla.–Here\’s the complete, unofficial starting field for today and their chip counts. All three Day 1s finished almost at the same time. Yesterday\’s group got seven minutes into the next blind level, so they will roll back to one
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Hand-for-hand play at the bubble to see who will compete for the big money on Sunday at the WinStar Casino\’s signature annual event. THACKERVILLE, Okla.–Below is the list of Day 1-Day 1 Day 2 qualifiers. Names of those who advanced
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THACKERVILLE, Okla.–Woo-hoo, it works! Yep, it took some sore thumbs and a little extra money to Cingular to make things happen, but I am blogcasting semi-live from my laptop in the WinStar poker room. Still have a few kinks to
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