The future of poker arrived in 1984–when legendary Vegas gambler Bob Stupak faced off against Orac, a poker-playing Apple II computer. It was heads-up no-limit Hold ‘Em for $500,000, in a showdown that would later air on ABC’s Ripley’s Believe […]
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Was looking for an update on Dallas pokerer Lloyd Shinn (pictured, right) in Event #44, $1,500 NLH. Pokerati wasn\’t there, and apparently neither was anyone else. I can tell you he finished somewhere between 10th and 22nd, winning more than
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LAS VEGAS–It\’s fun (and easy) to make fun of CardPlayer, but sometimes they\’ve got some pretty good stuff. I enjoyed Bob Pajich\’s article about the Hollywoodization of poker. It\’s a well-constructed assay of the online poker lifestyle, complete with visible
LAS VEGAS–Phil Hellmuth is heads-up yet again for his 10th WSOP victory in a $1,000 NLH event. This time he\’s not up against a no-name … he\’s facing the anti-Phil in the form of the accomplished Juha Helppi. (Get it?
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LAS VEGAS–Thum is griping that Pokerati\’s not keeping up with the WSOP news. (I miss you, too, Tummy!) What he says couldn\’t be further from fiction. You see, I\’ve become rather busy here at the World Series. What started out
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From the dept. of: Ooops! The final table of the $5,000 NLHE event at the WSOP looks to be the most exciting yet. Marcel Luske, Vinny Vinh, and Isabelle Mercier are all there … so is Phil Hellmuth, with his
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From my column in The Sports Page … an interview with the original \”poker brat\” — who is very busy these days. (Too busy, perhaps?) The Real Deal HED: Phil Hellmuth off the Felt SUB: He may be the busiest
It\’s not often that we see a comment on this blog that merits its own post. In fact, this is the first time … as a certain scoop-minded Grant in Dallas reports to us something that seems worthy of an
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