Ugly Late Entry?
I\’m not saying this is an example of favoritism … though as a former tourney director, I absolutely used to do favors for regulars and VIPs, and saw it as an important part of customer service … for all the […]
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Day 1D Will Take No More Registrants, Commissioner Apologizes
The room was packed with players, who gathered on short notice to find out what Harrah\’s would do with the hundreds (conservative number) of irate/disappointed/confused players who were denied entry to the 2009 WSOP Main Event because of their late
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RE: RE: Day 1d Sells Out, Big Names Shut Out
Ahh, should be a fun test to see how this plays out. Jeffrey Pollack is to address the mob shortly. From @TaoPauly: Commissioner Pollack will address the disgruntled players at the Poker Palooza at 2:30pm. Correction… Antonius is in the
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RE: Day 1d Sells Out, Big Names Shut Out
We could see a change on the fly … according to hubbub I\’m picking up on Pokerati\’s Live Source feed, about 500 players have been shut out of the main event — which interestingly enough makes the semi-arbitrary difference between
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Main Event Numbers Game
Just got word from very reliable sources … 2,400 people are already registered for Day 1d. Main event sign-ups have been coming in today at a rate of nearly 100 an hour. Satellites are still running. A sell-out tomorrow looks
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Main Event Field Report
A quick summary of how Day 1c took shape and has progressed, from Katkin, who\’s digging up interesting hands and player reports you can read at WSOP.com: In the red quadrant of the Amazon Room — about 30 tables —
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WSOP Party Report: Pros Getting Ready for a Pro-Friendly Main Event
A little less douchey different than the UB Party … the Bodog Party took place at the Palms Kingpin Suite, and Jean-Robert Bellande was there to bring-it so you could share in the joys of a sponsored online pokery Las
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Starting Day Selection
It\’s something that wasn\’t written about in Super/System … yet everyone has to consider it. Barry Greenstein has a good vlog post up about what goes into making a decision about which day to start in the WSOP main event,
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Tao of Pokerati: French Concessions
Union talks with Benjo are going well — we still haven\’t come to complete resolution, but it\’s good we\’re still all at the table — and thus, to the tune of the Star-Spangled Banner on American Independence Day / La
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Day 1c Preview: Phil Hellmuth’s Made-for-TV Main Event Entry Really? Wow.
Here\’s a sneak peak at what Phil Hellmuth has in store for his Day 1. Would be really ballsy if he saved it for the final table … because hey, actually that would be pretty cool if final tableists could
Day 1c Preview: Phil Hellmuth’s Made-for-TV Main Event Entry Really? Wow.
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