Separated at Birth?
Jack Effel and Oliver Tse (Apologies for the blur, but I had to kick into full-on Stalkerati mode and take these shots while running.)
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tourney-direction
The Color of (Tournament) Money
Change 100 reports (via PokerNews): 25,000 Chips Introduced \”Hey, what are those green chips in your stack?\” asked a surprised Maya Antonius. A small stack of forest green chips sat atop her tablemate\’s stack of yellows and oranges. He showed
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RE: WSOP Miscellany
Indeed … today we moved from yellow-chip ($1k) threat level to orange ($5k) — with tighter than usual security notably apparent during the green-chip race-off today. After clearing out the fans then players, the perimeters around the table we\’re extra
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World Series of Satan?
So really, I know poker players aren\’t supposed to be religious superstitious, but paying 666 players in the main event?
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RE: The Monkey Whisperer
Scotty Nguyen (Temporarily) Loses Third of Stack, Monkey
Though it\’s not unusual for pros to show up late for WSOP tourneys, something was amiss during one of the last 1500s when Scotty Nguyen didn\’t show up til well into the 100/200 level … Apparently Scotty lost one of
RE: The Monkey Whisperer
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You Make the Call
Correcting an overchipped table after the start of play
There haven\’t been too many difficult floor decisions this year. There was supposedly a confusing situation during the heads-up tourney where two players took the wrong seats after the break and played out a few hands before the mistake was
You Make the Call Correcting an overchipped table after the start of play
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(Way) Outside the WSOP (Day 15 Evening Update)
What\’s happening tonight at the WSOP as I read a post that makes you want to take AP\’s side for once:
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Running Strange
Tom busted out on his first hand of today\’s $1,500 NLH event. Here\’s how it went down … Donkey Bomber shows up and is looking for his seat. A floor guy directs him to his table — only he sends
Bad Play of the Day
A player in a hand against Kathy Liebert made a royal flush on the turn … he claims he didn\’t realize it, which seems believable when he was last to act and checked on the river. The player was issued
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Beyond the Conference Table
Here\’s the audio of the hour-long media conference call today. WSOP Media Call 5/1/2008 I didn\’t think about pressing my mute button for much of it, so apologies for the heavy breathing/typing/petting. Audio hindsight says I shoulda been giving running
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