Two final tables are underway, with the $1,500 NL Holdem 6-max event down to their final 3 players. Ken \”Teach\” Aldridge is the current chip leader in a big hand that went down just after the dinner break. You can […]
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Six bracelet events are working towards different conclusions this evening. The one that most people are following is the $2,500 NL 2-7 Lowball final table, which is now heads-up between Phil Ivey and John Monette. Ivey stands to win about
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The \’cigarette/candy\’ girl at the RIO is charging $3.00 for M&Ms and Reese\’s while the giftshop is closed. UNREAL bad business.
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Finishing up business from Monday night before moving on… The $1,000 NL Holdem Stimulus Special finished at 3am today with 50 players returning at 1pm to play down to a winner. The chip leader is Robert Comegys from Grand Prairie,
Two WSOP bracelets were awarded early in the morning on Monday, but the recipients were not new to earning some hardware. First, Vitaly Lunkin took down the 40th Annual $40,000 NL Holdem event, outlasting Isaac Haxton after a three-hour heads-up
The girls from Sapphire Pool — a unique partnership between the Rio and the world\’s largest strip club, or \”titter\” as the politicos call them — may have had their booth shoved in a back corner outside the Amazon room,
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The $1,000 NL Hold\’em Stimulus Special looks to be a huge success, as day 1a appears to be sold out with at least 2,800 entered. There\’s still some room for tomorrow\’s day 1b, but it looks like that field will
(Way) Outside the WSOP – Day 4 Stimulus Special, 40K NL, OHL
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Dan joins Pauly at the Rio, where everyone\’s settin\’ up shop and getting the lay of the Amazon-ish land. In doing so, the podcastic duo begin scratching at the complex corporate relationships between Harrah\’s, the WSOP, the Rio, the Las
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The final numbers for the big $40K NLHE event were released just after the first break of the day: Number of Entries: 201 Net Prize Pool: $7,718,400 First Place Prize: $1,891,012 Total Spots Paid Out: 27 The vast majority of
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Play officially began for the 40th World Series of Poker as Phil Hellmuth and Jeffrey Pollack bellowed the immortal \”Shuffle Up and Deal\” for event #1, the $500 Casino Employees tournament. A smaller than expected field of 866 entered the
(Way) Outside the WSOP – Day 2 3 2 $40k NL Holdem Starts, $500 Casino Employees finishes
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