Here\’s the ESPN E:60 segment in case you missed it. His first job: flipping burgers at McDonald\’s. Parents briefly felt like failures when his life turned all-casino. He\’s been technically homeless, sleeping under a bridge in Atlantic City. Built his […]
The usual crew talked a little (new era) poker on TV this week — 2M2MM + PokerStars Million-Dollar Challenge — and then BJ number-geeked out on Daniel Negreanu\’s breakdown of WPT performance stats … and a Calling the Clock segment
Numbers GameThe Poker Beat
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Suze Orman had another poker player call in to her \”Can I Afford It?\” segment seeking her approval to buy into a $1,200 tourney in Las Vegas. Young guy. Spoiler Alert: Quickest denial ever! LOL, apparently Suze doesn\’t understand that
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He\’s not broke, he swears, but he is, like everyone, way more money-minded than before … because he has to be! You have no idea how much a prop bet against Phil Ivey can affect the price of a barrel
Phil Hellmuth on the Economy“It’s been kind of painful cash-wise for a whole year here.”
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Wait, you mean poker pros aren\’t the only ones who go broke? Apparently not … according to Brian Cuban (Mark\’s brother) 60 percent of all pro athletes go belly-up after retirement. Likewise for Hollywood-types. So much for our theories on
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I\’m headed out to play a little cash action … gonna go check out the Hard Rock — where the poker ops there have apparently taken a lesson from the Vegas nightclubs and have started to \”own one night.\” They\’re
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Eric and I played in the first round of the limit holdem shootout. What a nice, funny guy in addition to being a great player. I beat him at the first table, but before I did, we agreed to save
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UPDATE: Savvas Zenonos is the bad guy. Actually, a picture of this ethically challenged poker player is available. Despite Annie Duke\’s assertion that \”poker players are the most awesome people in the world!\”, we all know the truth: you\’ve got
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Big congrats for the deepest run of any Team Pokerati player in 2009, who just finished 3rd in the $2,500 2-7 Triple Draw. From WSOP.com: Julie Schneider played a remarkably clean tournament right from the start of play on Day
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After a valiant 0-for-18 start, with only one Day 2 in the mix, everybody\’s favorite @DonkeyBomber has finally made the money — winning his first-round table in the $1,500 Limit Hold\’em Shootout, an event he finished 5th in back in
