It’s Time
BELLAGIO, LAS VEGAS–While feeling good about turning $600 into $2,300 playing 5-10 NLH last night, I caught the back of Phil Hellmuth\’s head as he stepped into Bobby\’s Room (the high stakes poker room). I was hoping to see him […]
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Poker Enemy #1 to lead the world economy?
The World Bank is looking for a new leader to replace Paul Wolfowitz … and on the short list are Tony Blair (online-gambling friendly) and Bill Frist (not-so-friendly). Remember him? In case you don\’t — and in case The New
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Better Luck (the year after) Next Year
A little too little a little too late, perhaps … but the Houston Chronicle has a great piece by columnist sports-blogger and ESPN/The Ticket radio talk-show host Jerome Solomon about why poker in Texas shoulda been legalized. Lavigne in Austin
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Man Down :(
Pat Johnson, one of the most lovable cranky old bastards you might ever sit across from at a table, died last week at age 63 — after a motorcycle accident in Alabama. I don\’t know many details about his death,
Best small limit games in Dallas — out of state
Aaron in Carrollton also writes in inquiring where to find a good low-stakes limit game to develop his chops: I know this isn\’t something you want to write about via email so you can text or call if you want,
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RE: RE: It’s a Different World …
I don\’t want to give the name or town for this reader who writes in — because I plan to make fun of him and I think I might have figured out the identity of one of our punk-ass anonymous
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Party Foundation?
I\’ll be competing in at least one event in the 2007 WSOP — $1,500 NLH on June 16. Exciting! Even more fun is that it\’s all being made possible by our new-good-best friends at Milwaukee\’s Best Light. Mmm-mmm. When you
RE: It’s a Different World …
A few more fun WSOP graphs for your geometric contemplation: The question I am asked more so than any other in recent weeks is an estimate on the size of the main event field. Pokerati is sticking to its over/under
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Response to Steve Lipscomb’s Letter to WPT Players
There were three items that weren\’t covered in Steve\’s letter that are very important to me and some of my professional poker friends. Resolving these issues would make competing on the World Poker Tour more profitable, and therefore more enjoyable,
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It’s a Different World …
Anyone who\’s covered the entirety of any World Series in the poker-boom era knows that the Main Event is pretty much an altogether separate entity than the dozens of events leading up to it. The security is different, media is
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