I wasn\’t the biggest supporter of the WSOP delayed final table. I had many reasons to be against it, but in the end, I assumed it wouldn\’t be popular with the fans. I was about as right-on there as I […]
Before things got underway here ate the final table, I was listening to an old podcast appearance I did with Andrew Feldman on ESPN\’s The Poker Edge. We were talking about the action at the end of Day 2B, and
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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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It\’s over … at least in the minds of various online poker execs. With Scott Montgomery\’s elimination in 5th place, there are now more Full Tilt players alive. It\’s all PokerStars, and now, I guess, they\’ll be having their primary
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Courtesy of PokerStars blog Wow! It was an all-in moment, good instinct moment, and big whoop-tee-doo all in one. Eastgate made the initial raise, and short-stacked Montgomery pushed all-in from the small blind. Eastgate called with pocket sixes, and Montgomery
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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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Courtesy of PokerStars Blog David \”Chino\” Rheem hasn\’t had the best of days. After starting his trip to Vegas with some questionable logo decisions and seeming uncertainty about to follow through on a deal, it seemed that karma wasn\’t on
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Our Great Dallas Hope has been eliminated. He got it all in with 77 against AQ. He flopped a set to Scott Montgomery\’s flopped pair of aces … but 777 is no good against runner-runner broadway. I\’m pretty sure Dallas
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A quick glimpse of what everyone walked into today … and keep scrolling down for what I think, in my unconfirmed opinion, is a serious tell about which two WSOP champions are the most problematic for anyone who gives a
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