Today\’s attendance at day 1c of the Main Event was a vast improvement over the past two days, as 1,928 laid their money down to participate in the Main Event. Rumors are circulating that Sunday will have a complete sellout […]
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Poker pros. Fans along the rail taking flash photography that is strictly prohibited in the Amazon Room. If the floor staff or someone with Harrah\’s doesn\’t start enforcing it, I might have to. The ESPN video chicks looking bored to
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IT\’S A MIRACLE: Full Tilt wasn\’t exactly a poker powerhouse in 2000, the year Chris Ferguson won the main event. There are 35 big banners hanging up around the Amazon room — a pretty cool ring-of-honor thing going on —
Walking on Watermarks Why Is Chris Ferguson Special?
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Just for funsies, I thought I\’d make predictions on the final 6 with 61 players left — hey, if they can change a rule mid-tourney, why can\’t I change my theoretical horses? So that was last night, but I fell
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Tom Dwan, aka Durrr, cracked Phil Hellmuth\’s pocket aces with pocket 10s in the third hand of the opening round of the National Heads-Up Poker Championship … and now there is talk of a rematch for $100,000. (Hellmuth already made
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6:02 — Who is this announcer guy? Not too exciting nor comprehensive. 6:03 — Funny, he just made it over to the Tom vs. Gavin table … pointed out that Tom was trailing by \”a little more than a few
Heads-up Championship 2: Clubs-bracket tidbits
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Though I\’m not sure how official these are, some odds on who\’s gonna win the NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship (Feb. 29) are out … and Tom Schneider is listed in the middle of the pack at 45:1 — the
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TJ Cloutier\’s latest column … an interesting if not prescient tale of some poker southern-circuit old-timers that include a game-runner who takes an extra rake right under someone\’s nose ($100 a pop); a bookie sent to jail and kicked out
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Various trusted media outlets are reporting that poker Hall of Famer Chip Reese died in his sleep early this morning. Wicked Chops mentions some recent flu or pneumonia symptoms, but nothing has been confirmed. NOTE: His PokerPages bio notes that
