Oh shit, while contemplating the significance of Tiffany Michelle in a Matusow-less field, I almost completely overlooked Craig Marquis — an online player from Arlington (craigmarq) who Raj Kattamuri introduced to me just the other day. And lo and behold, […]
RE: All Hopes Hinge … Go Dallas (Online) Poker!
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Ouch … on a baddish beat where his trip aces with a jack kicker lost to a trip aces with a nine. That means with 27 players left, there are only two I had heard of before the event started:
Matusow Out All Hopes Hinge on Last MySpace Friend Standing
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He finished in 45th place, paying $154,400. It\’s all probably Jen\’s fault. I suspect the 10-4suited will now be wielded like The Hammer against Hellmuth only, and will become his kryptonite, impeding his effort to dodge bullets baby. The people
Play ended on an explosive note last night as Phil Hellmuth\’s antics earned him a 1 orbit penalty for his prolonged verbal attack on Cristian Dragomir on the last hand of play. 79 players return at 12 today to play
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On dinner break until 9:30pm with 92 players left. Tiffany Michelle at 3,000,000 and Lisa Parsons at 1,200,000 are the last two women standing. Players will play one more level after dinner break, like Jen notes below. Top 5 Chip
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Today is the day we watch the all-in-and-busts or all-in-and-double-ups while generally overlooking the pre-river play of players skillfully wielding medium-sized stacks to stay ahead of escalating blinds. It\’s also the day that the 2008 189th through probably 28th or
After it was decided to play one more level after the dinner break, the tournament staff decided to suspend play with just over 38 minutes remaining in level 19. Two possibilities: Since play started an hour later on Friday, ending
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About 215 players head towards their 90 minute dinner break, knowing that they\’re only playing one more level when they return around 9:45pm. At that point, they should be under the magical 175 figure tournament director Jack Effel had mentioned
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Line of PokerNews floor reporters following a coordinator to the corner of the Amazon Room for an impromptu meeting. All I caught was, \”Okay…\” I\’m not a good eavesdropper. Man playing a single-table satellite in a wheelchair. He has no
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And that limit event he busted out of yesterday … Erick Lindgren just missed the final table, which is now set with some interesting players, including Teddy Munroe, Ali Eslami, and Vinny Vinh. (Teddy and I go way back —
OK, I’m Interested in the Ladies Event Again And Jean-Robert Bellande’s Video Blog?
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