Back on Track?
LAS VEGAS–So after starting off my trip pretty well, I hit the skids big-time. I also finally tried my hand at blackjack. (Not good.) So to prevent myself from spending six weeks out at the WSOP working for \”free,\” I […]
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The Making of a Bad Person
LAS VEGAS–I just took my worst beat of the WSOP. I won\’t even bother to recount it, because the bad beat stories — while not as ubiquitous as last year when you could smoke in the halls here — are
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Bankroll Update and Analysis
LAS VEGAS–A few people have asked how my own poker is going here at the WSOP. All I can say with certainty is that I\’ve misplayed a lot of hands. Having been here less than a week, I\’ve played eight
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Investigative Report: WSOP cash games
LAS VEGAS–So pretty much everything at the WSOP this year is an improvement. Except for the media rules … and the cash game board. Last year, if you recall, they used a fancy computer system which seemed plenty easy to
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Rusty Tourney Play
LAS VEGAS–Was killing some time here, er … doing investigative reporting on the Second Chance tourney system. These are great events in terms of payout, but tough because you start with only 1,000 chips. My very first hand was KK.
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Welcome to Las Vegas
LAS VEGAS–Door-to-door the trip took 24 hours. That includes a nap in New Mexico, a snail\’s crawl across the Hoover Dam, and briefly getting lost in Summerlin. By the time I showed up at Rounder Club West (home to Dr.
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