Either that or Peter Hellmuth. As we wind down the day yesterday and look forward to tonight\’s action, that\’s what\’s at stake — either we\’ll have a new youngest main event champion ever, or the Ruskies will have a new […]
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At this moment, Dennis Phillips is drawing dead with one card to come. That will be 3rd place for him — his boisterous crowd and his Red Hat Brigade are honoring him the way friends of someone who has just
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Dallas-to-Vegas transplant Linda Tran is one of five dealers dealing the final table. While there\’s a wee-bit of hubbub from the usual featured-table dealers who weren\’t invited to pitch … I know Linda is one of the best dealers I\’ve
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Players are off on dinner break … and the chip counts are nicely on display for all to see: Ivan Demidov: 30,725,000 Peter Eastgate: 27,175,000 Dennis Phillips: 26,950,000 Ylon Schwartz: 20,475,000 Scott Montgomery: 20,300,000 Darus Suharto: 10,600,000 Damn, that\’s tight
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Ivan Demidov, courtesy of the PokerStars blog Within the first hour, despite having seen less than a handful of flops, one person has changed the poker-face of this table. The lone Russian, Ivan Demidov, took only one pot early in
WSOPeople: Ivan DemidovFirst Hour Runaway Chipleader
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It only took 22 hours, but the final table of the WSOP Europe at the Empire Casino in London finally has a result. After 484 hands, exactly half of which were headsup, saw John Juanda take down the title along
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People have been wondering how Harrah\’s et al will market the November Nine, and what will be done to promote them. Ivan Demidov earned himself a bit of promotion as he just made the final table of the WSOP Europe
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In a stunning development, one of the WSOP November Nine has cashed in a poker tournament. And it just happened to be Kelly Kim, the shortest stacked player waiting to head back to the Rio in Las Vegas to attempt
November Niner Cashes in L.A.WSOP Short Stack Kelly Kim Practices Final Table Play
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A few weeks back, a bunch of us got a press release from PokerStars boasting that six of The November Nine were Team PokerStars players. Now don\’t get me wrong — I\’ve got lots of friends at PokerStars and generally
