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LAS VEGAS–With Doyle Brunson still alive at the final four tables of the $5,000 limit hold\’em event, Phil Hellmuth just won his 11th World Series of Poker bracelet. Because of a weird quirk pertaining to the super-secret semi-live internet broadcast, […]
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LAS VEGAS–When Tom won a bracelet last week, he did it Jamie Gold-style — got hit in the head with the deck then successfully wielded his chip-lead for the duration of the tourney. Now they\’re down to six at the
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Pokerstars has yet added another big pro to their team…Daniel Negreanu. There will be a press conference today at 11am PT at the Rio. Stay tuned on this one.
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For one…sleep. My children were jumping on me at 7:30 this morning after I went to bed at 3am. Literally, they were jumping. I was having a wonderful dream…I was playing strip poker running through a field of flowers wearing
things lacking at the wsop Read More »
LAS VEGAS–An interesting discussion in the past couple days … There are 55 events in the 2007 WSOP. How many bracelet winners do you think there will be this year? Over/under — 53.5.
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LAS VEGAS–So wow, quite a day … I actually watched some poker today, which happened to be the biggest single-day tournament turnout in history. (All this while being educated and re-re-educated by Oliver Tse on the Asian Online Futures market).
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LAS VEGAS–Damnit, I\’m gonna have to get a whole new Tom-mocking schtick if he keeps refusing to bust out pre-bubble. Congratulations, Tom! Making the money yet again. Thirty-six left, and he is in a fine average-ish shape. So is his
LAS VEGAS–In the double-bubble quadrant of the Amazon room, over the PA … Tournament Official (in the Ladies tourney): \”Attention players. No more iPods at the table. New WSOP rule. No more iPods or electronic devices now that we are
Overheard at the WSOP Read More »
LAS VEGAS–Meanwhile, Tom is hanging on in the $2,500 HORSE event. There are 50 players left (out of 382) and 40 get paid. The Donkey Bomber He has about 25k in chips, with the average stack about 38k. I think
LAS VEGAS–They\’re coloring up the green chips now in the Ladies event … and should be right at the bubble with 130ish players left. But for some unknown reason, only 99 of this 1,286-player field will get paid. Michele is
Second-class Poker? Read More »
