I\’m of course looking forward to whatever Dream Team Poker\’s next event is … and plausibly defending Team Tao of Pokerati\’s title. Seriously, having played in three Dream Team tourneys now (winning one), and taken part as either a player […]
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101 players remain as the players return from their dinner break shortly. The current chip leader is Darvin Moon of Oakland, Maryland with 5,700,000 in chips. Some notables returning with chips: Eugene Katchalov (3,600,000), Fabrice Soulier (3,550,000), Jeff Shulman (3,200,000),
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Recapping the still ongoing action from Tuesday night: $50k HORSE Final Table, It Keeps Going, and Going, and Going… It\’s 9:15am PT, but the final table of the $50,000 HORSE is still going with David Bach and John Hanson playing
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Recapping the first half of Wednesday\’s WSOP: Lisandro Wins Bracelet #3, Wins Stud Triple Crown Jeff Lisandro becomes the first player to win three bracelets in one WSOP after Chris Moneymaker initiated the poker boom in 2003, takes down the
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The recap of Tuesday activities… Lisandro Goes for Bracelet #3 The $2,500 Razz has 13 players remaining with Jeff Lisandro the chip leader (438,000) in his quest for his 3rd bracelet and take first by himself in the WSOP Player
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Recapping the conclusion of Monday\’s play… and looking forward at Tuesday\’s action ready to get underway. Foley Flies Home a Winner Ray Foley, a business manager for Chrysler Financial, bested Brandon Cantu headsup to take down the $1,500 NL Holdem
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Don\’t ask why, but just the other day, Pauly and I were discussing who\’s a better player — Kenna James or Liz Lieu? We didn\’t settle on anything … but just now (while searching for a Fox Soccer Channel commercial),
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Highish-stakes pro David Plastik, looking to take down a $330 deep-stack tournament at the Venetian. The 1st of four Venetian Deep Stack Extravaganzae got underway this week … and sure enough, the chance to play a skill-heavy event (deeper stacks,
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I don\’t really get into poker fiction too much — the real-life stories are sordid/compelling enough. But I just stumbled across this novel by John Blowers — Life on Tilt: Confessions of a Poker Dad — and I gotta say,
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Interesting charity event going on in Dallas this weekend … a $1,500+ buy-in with $1k going to the prize pool. The rest going toward medical expenses for internationally renowned Russian/American/Dallas artist Vladimir Gorsky, who is suffering from brain cancer. Some
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