Day 1 of the World Series of Poker is a misnomer, really. Much of the Amazon Room is still being put together, as is the ESPN feature/final table area, and the media room was dark (well, awfully bright, actually, but […]
WSOP Day 1 Came and Went With a WhisperDays 2 and 3 Will Bring the Noise
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At noon today, the World Series of Poker officially gets under away with the first event, the $500 Casino Employees tournament. Yesterday, the Amazon Room officially opened for registration, cash games and satellites, especially the first of two $1,570 mega-satellites
(Way) Outside the WSOP – Day 1 $500 Casino Employees Event, WSOP Kickoff
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The WSOP unofficially starts at 9am today as the Amazon Room at the Rio opens for registration, cash games and satellites before the tournaments begin Wednesday with Event #1, the $500 Casino Employees tournament. That\’s as good a reason as
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The WSOP website has put out their Staff Resource Guide, containing over 230 pages of various information about this year\’s World Series of Poker. There you can find floor plans for the three poker rooms that will be in use
Bluff Magazine has those dates listed for the 2009 WSOP, similiar to last year\’s schedule. However, there are no tournaments listed yet, expect that to be known shortly.
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From $4 to $5 in most rooms and games. Don\’t know the exact casino-by-casino and hand-by-hand breakdowns of what the house takes, but the Rio and Caesar\’s Palace both recently put the $1 uppage into play earlier this month.
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I recently discovered some new tricks on YouTube, so … In what is sure to be as critically acclaimed as Lucky You, here\’s a glimpse of the American political system in action, as seen at a semi-private PPA get-together on
How a Bill May or May Not Become a Law, Part 5 Rallying the inner-ish circle
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I caught a glimpse of the economic crunch on the streets of Las Vegas. Construction projects halted. Rusted steel beams shot out of concrete blocks on unfinished architectural superstructures. The vertical ghost towns cluttered the Las Vegas skyline. The illumination
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Dennis Phillips was the chip leader for four months — possibly the longest time anyone in the history of poker has held onto the biggest stack. And though he got off to a shaky start and would ultimately finish 3rd
Mr. Peanut demanded too much money to call the opening cards in the air, so the WSOP got Michael Buffer instead. As the 2008 WSOP was coming to a close a few days ago, Pauly and I couldn\’t help but
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