The latest Poker Beat was a bit of a clusterfucky episode for us on the backend — computer breakdowns and internet snafus during a week where the only meaty topic we had for a full segment was David Williams\’ stepping […]
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Our beloved Harrah\’s Entertainment Inc. is currently seeking buyers for the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, according to Bloomberg-BusinessWeek. Supposedly bids are in the $500 million range for the largest property currently in the Harrah\’s portfolio, which
The rules for the 2010 World Series of Poker were released this afternoon, with the obligatory press release appearing on the next page. To alleviate the fears of Phil Hellmuth, there has NOT been a change to what logos a
Here\’s my favorite pic I\’ve seen so far of the November Nine spectacle from this weekend. With all the great, mainstream media-oso\’s in the house, it was none other than Flipchip from LasVegasVegas, the most experienced WSOP photog in the
As you all have probably heard, Phil Ivey didn\’t exactly want to do a bustout interview after his AK lost to Darvin Moon\’s AQ. But as he tried to sneak out the back hallway — to the back lot at
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The LA Times\’ Las Vegas correspondent, Richard Abowitz, recently celebrated his 10th year covering Sin City … and in doing so he wrote up the biggest changes he\’s seen in Vegas over the past decade. Along with the rise of
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Now where\’s a guy like Devilfish gonna go to work on his tan? We saw them in bikinis every day … and though we didn\’t get to know their names (at least their real ones), they had without a doubt
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Beating almost everyone\’s expectations, the November Nine was established before 11pm Wednesday night with chip leader Darvin Moon cracked Jordan Smith\’s aces, flopping a set of eights. Here\’s how the final table is scheduled to be seated when the players
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Just before the Final Table Ten became the November Nine, I made my final attempt to get near the action. The closest I could get was the \”media\” area, which was soon an uncontrollable mess of fans pushing their way
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The room was packed with players, who gathered on short notice to find out what Harrah\’s would do with the hundreds (conservative number) of irate/disappointed/confused players who were denied entry to the 2009 WSOP Main Event because of their late
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