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Todd’s tourney is over. He got 5th place (out of 225) in the $1,500 NLH event. Still don\’t have a payout yet, but estimate is 19k. (Over/under?) Says he went out via cracked aces. That\’s all I know … oh, […]
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Pokerati\’s September traffic: Uniques — 22,430 Visits — 52,460 Page views — 248,377 Avg. visit duration — 8 min 38 sec Wow, can you believe 2006 is entering it\’s 4th quarter? Unbelievable. Time is rigged.
So Todd is apparently playing some damn good poker. From what I understand, he\’s never been too much more than an above-average stack … in fact, he\’s been mostly low, but a little more than tiny, stackwise that is. Anyhow,
They\’re down to 17 in the $1,500 NLH event. Todd is sitting with 29k, compared to an average stack of 38k. He says: [emphasis added] —–Original Message—– From: Todd Phillips Sent: Sun Oct 01 03:33:47 2006 Subject: Still Alive-ish Thanks
Just got a text message from Tiny B: 48 left in 1500. I have 15k in chips, a little above par. Top 27 get paid. I expect coverage. So there you have it. Go Big Todd! 8400, coloring greens. 100-400-800
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The future of poker arrived in 1984–when legendary Vegas gambler Bob Stupak faced off against Orac, a poker-playing Apple II computer. It was heads-up no-limit Hold ‘Em for $500,000, in a showdown that would later air on ABC’s Ripley’s Believe
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I\’m getting an education in the back-and-forth of both houses of Congress right now. The anti-gaming provision has passed, not passed, been debated, is being discussed … but apparently the fat lady has yet to sing. As we speak, Rep.
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Call your Senators … even now, even though it\’s late. Bill Frist is apparently trying to slip through the online gaming ban tonight, as we speak. I\’d also like to take this chance to remind you all that no matter
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Check it out … Big Bob Wilonsky also wrote about the Dallas poker scene in the Observer\’s Best of Dallas issue and laments its decline. He also seems a little excited to hear that new poker options here are emerging.
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By the way, the lovely occasional poker-playing/occasional poker-room-busting award-winning TV journalist Sarah Dodd has run into some publicity troubles thanks to a more-than-friends relationship between her and the Dallas police chief – well-chronicled (and gawked at throughout the Dallas-journo blogosphere). All
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