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LAS VEGAS–Just got some more info on Whitney Blanton, who interestingly enough won his seat via charity raffle at the 2006 La Riata. He\’s hanging in and hanging on … The hand he doubled up on: Blinds are at 4,000/8,000 […]
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LAS VEGAS–By the numbers, we don\’t have many … but there are a couple Dallas guys moving deeper into the money: Matt Wilson (the former dealer) took a slight hit but is still in fine shape — in 13th chip
LAS VEGAS–I hope this Rounder Club vs. Batfaces donnybrook doesn\’t turn into an East Coast/West Coast thing with Tupac or Tiny B getting gunned down in Vegas. While the BFs still arguably have an edge in cash games, the Rounders
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This has little to do with poker or the WSOP, but surely some players and/or other pokery people were affected by it … late last night a man climbed to the top of the backdrop of the MGM lion (using
Rough Night in Vegas Read More »
LAS VEGAS–So we ragged on CardPlayer for misspelling Johnny Kampis\’ name, and Steve Carter\’s. Steve Carter, it turns out … is out. Why? Because he was never in. CardPlayer\’s error … replicated by the rest of the media, as we
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Quick little WSOP-stupid rant … As you all probably know by now, this year the WSOP is all about dot-net. Now I\’m no lawyer, and I always want to do poker right, but I think I could make a good
Three weeks or so ago, I found myself going bust in a $2/$5 NL game at the WSOP, and it all hinged on a single hand. I had called a small raise with 8-9s and the flop came 9-9-10. As
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Tuscaloosa Johnny (“Johnny Kamdis”[sic] on CardPlayer) will start Day 3 tomorrow with more than 140,000 chips. That’s pretty good. As things stand now, he and Daniel Negreanu are currently the best hopes for bloggers to make the final table. Anyhow,
LAS VEGAS–It seems clear now that the Rounder Club plays better poker than the Batfaces. The Big Randy is out … he started off in a very comfortable position on a very comfortable table, didn\’t get any cards, then 45
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LAS VEGAS–I couldn\’t find Bill \”Shaggy\” Carr, so I\’m not sure if he\’s still alive … but longtime Pokeratizen Sanbob (aka Robert Sanchez) is alive and well after the end of Day 2A with about 60,000 chips. He won his
