Had a brief little run-in with Ivan Neville (of the Neville Brothers, and now Dumpstaphunk), who\’s a low-stakes poker regular at Harrah\’s New Orleans, any casino town he plays music in, and online. Not only did he sing the National […]
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It was a moment for those of us who believed it to be. Surely, it was a moment for 24-year old Bahador Ahmadi, who was celebrating a WSOP victory that came with $278,104 and a gold bracelet, but it was
Iranian bracelet. You just could tell … 2009 was sure to be a big year for Iran! Thought it was gonna be Farzad Rouhani who did it first at the WSOP — but he got Lisandro\’d in a Stud event.
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Wow, I took the under … but this is so under I\’m not even sure I still win: 95 players in $50k HORSE, compared with 148 the year before, 148 the year before that, and 143 the year before that.
$50k HORSE Field Takes Bigger-Than-Expected Hit < 100
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So wow, look at that California vs. Nevada battle … tight tight tight! And for real, where is the Poker Capitol of the World? So much taxable difference between Daniel Alaei and Daniel Negreanu. California is the only region, btw,
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For those who missed our debut special-for-the-WSOP Monday episode live, here\’s the podcast … where The Poker Beat crew waxes poetic about Phil Ivey\’s bracelet, Daniel Negreanu\’s non-bracelet, non-Finnish national anthems, Ladies events, what makes an \”online\” player, and Joe
One of Pokerati\’s media eavesdroppers got the real skinny on what went wrong with the Finnish national anthem yesterday. Indeed, Jeffrey Pollack and Seth Palansky acknowledged to each other that the anthem played to honor $10k Mixed World Champion Ville
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The implementation of this year\’s WSOP bracelet ceremonies have been a hit thus far, as play is stopped in the Amazon Room for Jack Effel and Jeffrey Pollack to announce the previous day\’s bracelet winners, award them the bracelets and
