The hot topic at 2+2 at the moment involves everyone\’s favorite whipping boys: Ultimate Bet and Phil Hellmuth. Seems a player by the name of DOUBLEBALLER was playing $200/400 limit holdem with Hellmuth this morning when the following hand comes […]
More Problems at UB? Hellmuth shown to have won without winning
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I recently discovered some new tricks on YouTube, so … In what is sure to be as critically acclaimed as Lucky You, here\’s a glimpse of the American political system in action, as seen at a semi-private PPA get-together on
How a Bill May or May Not Become a Law, Part 5 Rallying the inner-ish circle
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From an email from GSN: GSNS HIGH STAKES POKER HEADS BACK TO THE GOLDEN NUGGET HOTEL & CASINO WITH LARGEST EVER BUY-IN FOR ENTIRE RUN OF A TELEVISION SERIES WHAT: GSN invites press to come watch the exclusive taping of
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Reminded via a Tiffany Michelle MySpace status update — \”Excited about the Cereus launch this week!\”: The player pools, tables, tourneys, etc. from Absolute Poker and Ultimate Bet magically merge today. Trying to keep an open mind … because theoretically
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An interesting prop bet reportedly went down this weekend … good, clean, generally non-lethal fun between Clonie Gowen and Brandon Cantu. I wasn\’t there nor have I spoken to either of the principals, but reliable sources say it was a
Clonie vs. Cantu “Shocking” news
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Mr. Peanut demanded too much money to call the opening cards in the air, so the WSOP got Michael Buffer instead. As the 2008 WSOP was coming to a close a few days ago, Pauly and I couldn\’t help but
More from the Final Table: Banner-ish Year
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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
Tao of Pokerati: Ivan Moneymaker? Read More »
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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The day that the poker community has been waiting for has finally arrived, as the November Nine reunite to determine this year\’s \”World Champion\”. Has the 100+ day delay been a success? ESPN says ratings are the highest they\’ve been
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Speaking of Thrillist … my other, non-poker gig … one thing we\’ve learned over there is that Thrillist readers care way more about night clubs, booze, restaurants, race cars, and tiddy bars than they ever do about poker. So I
Phil Hellmuth Sells!With help of PokerBrat romance script
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