Aces Cases?
LAS VEGAS–Word spreading to the Pacific time zone is that a big batch of misdemeanor cases from the made-for-TV paramilitary poker raid on Aces have been dismissed. Can anyone verify the truth to this?
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Phil Hellmuth Wins 11th WSOP Bracelet
LAS VEGAS–With Doyle Brunson still alive at the final four tables of the $5,000 limit hold\’em event, Phil Hellmuth just won his 11th World Series of Poker bracelet. Because of a weird quirk pertaining to the super-secret semi-live internet broadcast,
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Big Final Table Action, Sorta
LAS VEGAS–When Tom won a bracelet last week, he did it Jamie Gold-style — got hit in the head with the deck then successfully wielded his chip-lead for the duration of the tourney. Now they\’re down to six at the
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Beyond the Ropes at the WsOP
LAS VEGAS–It\’s official, I\’m important. Or at least all the people without badges in the Amazon room think I\’m important. Even though Dan seems to think he needs a better one, my press credential seems to work very well at
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RE: Tom TV
LAS VEGAS–Though this arrangement was in the works before he won yesterday, Tom Schneider will be providing the color commentary on today\’s live broadcast of the $1,500 Limit Hold\’em final table on the official WSOP website. Wow, what a trooper
Response to Steve Lipscomb’s Letter to WPT Players
There were three items that weren\’t covered in Steve\’s letter that are very important to me and some of my professional poker friends. Resolving these issues would make competing on the World Poker Tour more profitable, and therefore more enjoyable,
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PGA Poker
Just sitting at home doing a little blog-piddling — you know, because I\’ve got a million important things to do — and I\’ve got Day 4 coverage of The Colonial golf tournament on in the background. One of the ads
WPT Blind Structure Changes In Store?
You\’ve heard my thoughts before here and on Beyond the Table about the problems with the blind structure and payouts at WPT final tables. The World Poker Tour head honcho sent an email to the players about this matter just
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Bad bet
Has anyone seen this? For those of you who don’t have the INHD channel (which, sadly, doesn\’t feature any Robert Wilsonky programming), Antonio Esfandiari and Phil Laak have a new show oh-so-cleverly called I Bet You. The premise is exactly
The Morton Downey, Jr. of Poker?
First off, since we\’re makin\’ fun … let\’s give some due props to our friends at CardPlayer — their new CardPlayerTV section (new to me at least) I gotta say is pretty damn good … from a functional interactive internet
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