I gotta say, it\’s kinda fun watching the Pokerati peeps in PokerStars\’ World Blogger Championship of Online Poker from the electronic rail. Just wish I could chat/heckle. After the first break, Karridy (\”Karridy\”) is out — in 1,048th place out […]
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Like the US Poker Championship, the Ultimate Bet Aruba Classic lost its TV deal (with the WPT) … Have a look at how its field size has changed over the years: 2002 – ?? 2003 – ?? 2004 – 647
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Running Good: 25-year-old Travis Rice made two final tables at the 2007 WSOP and follows that up with a high-six-figures win in Aruba. One of the other major tournaments going on this weekend took place in Aruba — a slightly
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Poker must be the most boring activity in the world. Why else would the industry focus its cameras on the most ridiculous people? We have spelling bees and Scrabble championships on TV and none of the competitors have little charks
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LAS VEGAS–Just like old times … I\’ve got so many super-fascinating browser tabs open I can\’t keep up with them all. So please, allow me to unload: The major tournament action underway is the LEGENDS of POKER at the BIKE
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A technologically significant poker match is going down right now in Canada — Phil Laak and Ali Eslami vs. Polaris, a supposedly bad-ass poker bot — for $50,000. This is a scientifically controlled experiment, being played in \”duplicate poker\” format.
LAS VEGAS–This new batch of freshly legal internet wisehands … not sure what to make of \’em. It\’s kinda hard not to like the savant-ish ability of RaiNKhaN (I think I\’m getting the way he does the funky caps right).
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UPDATE: Oops, Dario is out in 96th place — for $67,535. He\’ll be back, of course. Hevad \”Rain\” Kahn (not to be confused with Jeff \”Mr. Rain\” Banghart) is still alive and well, slightly above the middle of the pack.
