Back on Track?
LAS VEGAS–So after starting off my trip pretty well, I hit the skids big-time. I also finally tried my hand at blackjack. (Not good.) So to prevent myself from spending six weeks out at the WSOP working for \”free,\” I […]
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Um, There Is Nothing to See Here …
LAS VEGAS–Sorry for the lack of posts … have been particularly busy with various other criminally questionable? sweet gigs. I know a lot of folks have been visiting — as I do monitor my traffic now and again to learn
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Octagon Poker
LAS VEGAS–Over at PokerBlog Tuscaloosa Johnny and I have had some interesting discussion about various rules of the game. And today I got into it quite a bit with a guy who sat down at my $2/$5 table. He was
Not Much Fun while It Didn’t Last
LAS VEGAS–I\’m out. Got eliminated from the $1,500 NLHE event in the first hand after the first break. Grrr. I even had a nice stack of chips after cracking Olga Varkonyi\’s aces. I moved in with 10s, another strong (but
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Online Gaming CEO Arrested on U.S. Soil
LAS VEGAS–Not specifically related to the WSOP … but super-relevant to so many people here: David Carruthers, CEO of BetonSports, was arrested today at the Miami airport while changing flights en route from England to Costa Rica. Carruthers had previously
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Pokerati at the WSOP tables (!)
LAS VEGAS–Way back when I won a small WSOP seat in a United Room/Mario tourney. Sure, it may have taken a few suckouts to get there, but hey, regardless, I won … and as a result, I will be playing
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More Omaha than You might know what to do with
LAS VEGAS–Right now the final table of an Omaha Hi-Lo event is underway. And two other Omaha tourneys just got started today. But it\’s kinda weird, because one of the events wasn\’t on the schedule. In a nutshell, the plan
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Not-So-Historic Poker
There was a big tournament that didn\’t finish up until 11 am Dallas time yesterday. Chip Reese whittled away Andy Bloch to take the super-prestigious HORSE event bracelet. But that wasn\’t the only tourney going on at the WSOP. While
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Back in Dallas …
Only for a short time. Who knew that poker is still going on elsewhere, outside of Vegas, that has nothing to do with the WSOP? Today is the pre-season kickoff for Lodge Amateur Poker, as we\’ll be throwing a heads-up
Horsey HORSE (and cranky Brunson?)
LAS VEGAS–By the way, I made a mistake when I reported that Robert Williamson was the last Dallasy player standing. He went out on the bubble — in 10th place — but none other than T.J. Cloutier was still alive.
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