What\’s happened today at the WSOP while I finally figure out what day it is in the Series. The $1,500 Mixed Holdem event is down to its final 3 competitors with Jonathan Tamayo, Frank Gary and Nick Binger went on […]
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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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Happenings for this evening as I found out from Jen I\’ve become a member of the WPA all over again: The $5,000 Stud 8 or Better World Championship is down to the final 3, with Team Full Tilt Pro Chris
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Events from last night at the WSOP, as I try in vain to come up with new ways to say the same old stuff: As Dan mentioned in the post below, Dario Minieri took down the $2,500 NL Holdem 6-handed
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IT\’S A MIRACLE: Full Tilt wasn\’t exactly a poker powerhouse in 2000, the year Chris Ferguson won the main event. There are 35 big banners hanging up around the Amazon room — a pretty cool ring-of-honor thing going on —
Walking on Watermarks Why Is Chris Ferguson Special?
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What\’s happening at this moment while reading Gary Wise\’s latest entry about what\’s \”good for poker\” is really good for poker. Today brings another two tournaments to the starting line, first at noon is the $2,000 NL holdem event and
Jonathan Little\’s most recent accomplishment was making the \”Elite 8\” in the NBC Heads-Up Championship, scoring a $75k payday before being slapped by eventual winner and Full Tilt honcho Chris Ferguson. While account-sharing is hardly the worst offense when it
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Dr. Chris Ferguson and his support-posse rejoice behind a trophy, a watch (or is it a bracelet?), and a plateful of half-a-mil. Fabolosa on his lap. He pushes all-in on a board of [cards]10c 3s 7s 7h[/cards]. (He\’s holding [cards]js
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Tom Dwan, aka Durrr, cracked Phil Hellmuth\’s pocket aces with pocket 10s in the third hand of the opening round of the National Heads-Up Poker Championship … and now there is talk of a rematch for $100,000. (Hellmuth already made
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Andy Bloch caught an ace on the river to best Huck Seed … so he moves on to what is theoretically his second-biggest heads-up match of his career (the first being the 2006 $50k HORSE finals against Chip Reese) vs.
