The Detox Poker Series is right around the corner, starting Friday Aug. 13 with a $100k Guarantee for a $350 buy-in with two day ones, re-entry allowed. The spankin\’-new small-stakes/big-action festival comes at a whispery time around the home room […]
Hard Rock Ready to Be Detoxified Kegs, vodka en route for Savage throw-down tourneys
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Just 103 players remain as the field in the Main Event takes their dinner break, returning with the blinds at 15k/30k/4k. The plan is to play another two levels or down to 81 players, whichever comes first. The chip leader
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The WSOP Circuit has had its share of ups and downs (mostly downs) in recent years as its relevance has waned a bit in the past few years with small fields in their $5,000 main events at various Harrah\’s properties
NOTE: Registration for day 1c will reopen Tuesday at 4:40pm PT, while registration for day 1d reopens Wednesday at 4:40pm PT. Day1a recap Day 1a of the Main Event got underway after Greg Raymer gave the command to \”shuffle up
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UPDATE: Day 1 of the Main Event will play 60 minutes of level 5. The 90-minute dinner break will take place at the end of level 3. The World Series of Poker, to most people who don\’t follow poker, finally
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Is somebody winning the TOC? Do we care? Not saying I won\’t be watching it once it gets edited down for TV, but I thought we were supposed to be at a final table by now, not down to 17
TOC Alternatives Tao of Pokerati
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One bracelet already awarded, another bracelet possibly awarded tonight, the mess that is the Tournament of Champions and other tournament action: Kelly wins 25k 6-max, Brunson 10 Deal The final table of the $25,000 No-Limit Holdem 6-max took less than
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There\’s been a lot of speculation about where the regulatory-challenged NAPT would head next, as it looks to spread across the US and/or Canada after a too awesome for its own good spectacular made-for-TV debut on American soil in Nevada
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Jon Katkin The Poker Economy OP-ED We\’re just two weeks into the 2010 WSOP and the Amazon Room is already filled with people walking around like zombies. Don\’t believe me? Just take a good look at the players, the floor
Too Much of a Good Thing? Believe it or not, less could be more at the WSOP
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Below is the PR announcement about the WSOP-Europe schedule. As many know, I\’m not too hot these days on just posting press releases (without handsome pay) … but beyond the typically easy-to-cut-and-paste keywords these often contain, this mass-mailed announcement  has
