One-time Pokerati contributor (and my hunting coach) Nick in Dallas writes in with a request for some charity theatrical poker tourney assistance: Hey Dan, So some friends and I are going to throw a poker tournament in February here in […]
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Craig Cunningham likes to — during the main event particularly — look at data, tabulate it, and occasionally share the results with his fellow poker bloggers. Today he sends along a good quick-list of the blind levels we\’ll be seeing
Catching up on the final two preliminary events of the Series before the Main Event. The $1,500 NL Holdem event is down to three players: veteran Dan Heimiller, rising pro David Daneshgar, and relative unknown Scott Sitron. The $1,500 Limit
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Finishing the recap from last night\’s activities with a preview of today\’s lone tournament: The $5,000 Seven Card Stud Eight or Better World Championship concluded shortly after 2am, with German Sebastian Ruthenberg outlasting Chris \”Jesus\” Ferguson to win his first
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Happening today at the WSOP, while plotting against my cable provider for not having ESPN360.
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Tonight\’s $10k Mixed Event World Championship drew 192 players, and after some confusion regarding the structure, things appears to be going along nicely. In other tournament action, all but the the $2k NL tournament (which just returned) are on their
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I recall a short while back reading Tom Schneider opine at length here on Pokerati about tourney blind structures. In a memorable post, Tom suggested an innovative arrangement wherein the blinds would go up in proportion to the number of
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There were three items that weren\’t covered in Steve\’s letter that are very important to me and some of my professional poker friends. Resolving these issues would make competing on the World Poker Tour more profitable, and therefore more enjoyable,
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You\’ve heard my thoughts before here and on Beyond the Table about the problems with the blind structure and payouts at WPT final tables. The World Poker Tour head honcho sent an email to the players about this matter just
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LAS VEGAS–I\’m boondoggling in Sin City for the big fight tonight (FYI–smart money is on Mayweather going the distance, based on my poll of 3 cab drivers). I had basically all of Friday to kill, so I figured I\’d play
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