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David Williams comes close to bracelet #2 … finishing in second place in the $5k 2-7 lowball (w/ rebuys) event. Tough final table, too. Daniel Alaei won. Philipe Rouas – who I am pretty sure is the guy who flopped […]
Nice job by David Williams … (but he’s no William Chen!) Read More »
LAS VEGAS–Defending Pokerati Invitational champion Tom Schneider will be fighting for a bracelet today, as he has made the final table of the $1,500 NLH Shootout. The six remaining players have all won two sit-n-gos in a row. After level
Tom Schneider in the Hizzouse Read More »
LAS VEGAS–Phil Hellmuth is heads-up yet again for his 10th WSOP victory in a $1,000 NLH event. This time he\’s not up against a no-name … he\’s facing the anti-Phil in the form of the accomplished Juha Helppi. (Get it?
The Quest for Bracelets Read More »
LAS VEGAS–Last week I reported getting a lot of chips in the $1,500 NLH event by cracking Olga Varkonyi\’s aces (and a flopped set of jacks) with my pocket 10s. Not the case. I probably misidentified her because I thought
Correction: Oops, I didn’t Suck Out on Olga Read More »
LAS VEGAS–Just sitting here at the WSOP, in a comfortable recliner in the MBL beer tent … and \”Ricky Zilem\” is on TV. On ESPN. It\’s not the WPT event he won. It\’s some WSOP final table from last year.
The new Dallas on TV (right now) Read More »
LAS VEGAS–Thum is griping that Pokerati\’s not keeping up with the WSOP news. (I miss you, too, Tummy!) What he says couldn\’t be further from fiction. You see, I\’ve become rather busy here at the World Series. What started out
The key to good poker coverage: More underwear Read More »
Gambling is a ruthless business, but the fall of BetOnSports CEO David Carruthers has been faster than expected. I was wondering what the online betting/poker sites would do now that the fuzz is after them. I thought they might alter
Thanks for playing Read More »
LAS VEGAS–Have been talking to some Dallas guys here who say they are \”all but done\” with Dallas poker. The games here are supposedly too ripe to risk your chips to the cops and robbers and bad/great players back home.
Poker is Funny Sometimes Read More »
LAS VEGAS–Derek in Plano writes in with an intriguing question: Dan, I have been having a problem playing KK. I was wondering what would be the best bet to maximize the profit of this powerful hand while getting A-rag out
How ’bout dem Kowboys? Read More »
