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 […]
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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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7-2 … almost does it for a bracelet
LAS VEGAS–Once again, the pros almost have the hang of playing this hammer thing. Heads-up in HORSE, Hand #129 … again with the 7-2 suited … there\’s the first mistake, but still, Andy is kinda new to blogging; I made
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Insta-wsop (in Color!)
LAS VEGAS–The craziness continues to build. We\’re just two weeks away from when the real carnival begins. Whatever you do, please don\’t take the brown acid:There are MARKED CARDS all over the place at the WSOP. I’ve seen them in
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Platinum Room West?
LAS VEGAS–Speaking of table-mates, it seems that just as one group of Rounder Clubbers leaves Las Vegas, another rolls in. Not counting the guys who live at Rounder Club West (Don and Doctor Steve), I\’d like to wager that the
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The Making of a Bad Person
LAS VEGAS–I just took my worst beat of the WSOP. I won\’t even bother to recount it, because the bad beat stories — while not as ubiquitous as last year when you could smoke in the halls here — are
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Not-So-Amateur Poker
LAS VEGAS–Sharron and the Heiszes may have returned to Dallas, but the Lodge/Rounder contingent at the WSOP won\’t go away. Right now, Doctor Steve and Bob Haney are playing in the seniors tourney. Bob is a slightly below average stack,
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What happens in Vegas doesn\’t always stay in Vegas
LAS VEGAS–I hate text messages, but sometimes I love them. For example, last week Fawcett sent me: Just saw cloutier at Rio buffet…breakfast of champions. Good stuff, Scott. You may become a quality blogger after all. Then, just a few
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Not the Last Word on Goodlatte
LAS VEGAS–When people get on their soapboxes, they sometimes say goofy things … which may or may not make sense. Extra-good when a reporter is there to capture it all. Check out the story in today\’s Star-Telegram about what online
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Year of the Almost Hammer
LAS VEGAS–Poker Donkey has been monitoring CardPlayer and writes in with word of another pro trying to wield the hammer: As seen at www.cardplayer.com during the $1000 rebuy event. Sat Jul 08 16:24:00 PDT 2006 Williams Flexing After a pre-flop
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