Here\’s some interesting perspective on where poker stands on the pop-culture radar … the season finale of Jersey Shore (on MTV) drew 4.8 million viewers. That\’s more than double than the 2.1 million who tuned in to ESPN\’s coverage of […]
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Man, 2009 sure has been a year full of lawsuits, no? People seem to need money these, and I suppose they gotta find it somewhere … and that may or may not alter their perception of who really owes what
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The Poker PROducers showing they can feed the poker die-hards: This week, and next, Poker After Dark is forgoing its usual $20,000 short-handed sit-n-go (yawn) for a Full Tilty high-stakes cash game with a $100k min and $250k max buy-in.
Special Poker After Dark This Week High-stakes Durrr vs. Ivey + Everyone Else cash games
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From the New York Post: * Lie to Me (Monday, 9:01 pm., Fox): From the Of Course! What Took Them So Long? file comes this entertaining installment set at the World Series of Poker, with Tim Roth’s Lightman trying to
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This upcoming Tuesday Tonight … on the Late Show with David Letterman. PokerStars PR is downright giddy about it … the basic deets: The show will be broadcast on CBS at 11:30 PM EST (check your local listings). Cada is
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A new show launches this week on Fox Sports … Poker2Night … starring Joe Sebok and Scott Huff. I\’m not sure if this few-holds-barred-poker-news concept makes The Poker Beat more of a fluffer or a clean-up man, but regardless …
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So I really nailed it when predicting the outcomes of the tournament itself … picked Joe Cada as the winner and declared Darvin Moon to be finishing in either 2nd or 4th. However, I also said: \”Seriously, I’m predicting ratings
ESPN Final Table Numbers Slightly Down But still spinnable as slightly up
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A friend of mine who watched the WSOP final table with his 12-year-old son earlier this week sent me a note asking if I knew of any \”poker little leagues\” that he could enroll his son in. I don\’t, but
That\’s what we wanna know … after Saturday/Sunday\’s marathon 9->2 session … how long do you think the heads-up battle between Darvin Moon and Joe Cada will go? They\’re currently in Level 39, with blinds at 500k/1000k + 150k. Moon
Darvin Moon vs. Joe Cada New Poll: How Long a Heads-up Battle?
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I went to Bellagio yesterday for free danish a little poker suit ho-down to learn more about the PartyGaming-World Poker Tour merger/acquisition/absorption … and was thinking how this meeting that included outgoing WPT president Steve Lipscomb and incoming new boss
Meet the New President (of the WPT) (He works for PartyGaming as of Monday)
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