The highly anticipated debut of the Epic Poker League held their first $20,000 Main Event Tuesday afternoon at the Palms Casino in Las Vegas. The first day of the \”rake-free\” tournament ($400 of each buy-in went to the dealers) with […]
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The 2011 WSOP wouldn\’t be the 2011 WSOP without chatter about Full Tilt. And here, on the last day, Howard Lederer makes another appearance in Las Vegas, apparently at another Asian restaurant. But this time it was none other than
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We have few rules here at Pokerati, just possible guidelines. But with that, the few that we do have tend to be important, and one I\’ve told contributors before: Twitter is not a primary source. You\’d think I woulda listened
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He said it on Twitter so it\’s gotta be true … @TexDolly No main event for me.maybe the DOJ will stake me. 1:10 AM Jul 4th via Twitter for iPhone Less than a half hour earlier Brunson tweeted: @TexDolly Busted… Total
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Johnny Hughes OP-ED At the World Series of Poker, they announce the event and coveted bracelet winners and then play the national anthem of the country they come from. Play stops at all the cash games and the players stand
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The attorney who filed the suit, David Chesnoff, is kinda a big deal. He’s the former law partner of Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman, has been an ABC Legal News analyst, and recently secured walks for Bruno Mars and Paris
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The bracket for Brunson Beer Pong came out Wednesday evening, and a few hours later, text messages began flying between players believing they might be witnessing some serious malfeasance in the pairings. @JimShipley wrote: How rigged was the beer pong
BREAKING: Brunson Beer Pong Is Rigged! I know because I rigged it
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It really amazes me sometimes that I\’ve played more beer pong in the past couple years than I did throughout college. (Chandeliers was our drinking game of choice, along with just drinking.) Anyhow, as all start gearing up for the
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It takes a special white man to be able to make slavery jokes … but hey, that\’s the kind of breaking down of barriers that becomes possible when you gamble for reparations. Funny tweet from @brokelivingJRB: Doyle joked with Ivey
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A cover story in the latest issue of Forbes magazine (the main story asking if Al Qaeda is bankrupt) features an article discussing the US government\’s possible crackdown on online poker with the impending June 1 deadline for the UIGEA
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