Rumor-ati
LAS VEGAS–I hear from a semi-reliable source (who may or may not be a tournament director) that Ultimate Bet was hard at work when Dutch Boyd made the final table a few days ago. Boyd, of course, recently signed with […]
WSOP-2006
The Norm MacDonald of Poker
Norm MacDonald popped into the media center last night (at 4:20 am, almost on the dot) when I was all by my lonesome, and we talked a little single-table strategy. Though he\’s no pro, the former SNL Newscaster apparently is
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Poker Weather
LAS VEGAS–Early this AM it was unusually stormy here in V-town. Like big rain drops and thunder and loud-cracking lightning. I was back at Rounder Club West, and couldn\’t help but wonder if the people still playing poker even had
Overheard at the WSOP
LAS VEGAS–Blogging live from the Milwaukee\’s Best Light Garage … turns out the \’80s Rocker Lady does not work in the kitchen. She works in the bathrooms. (Posh Enterprises is the company providing the luxury porta-potty services, and it\’s the
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Re: Year of the Blogger?
LAS VEGAS–Yesterday\’s $2,500 short-handed NLHE final table was a good one, to say the least. Seeing Joe Hachem contend for a second bracelet is the sorta thing we want from our previously unheard of poker champions, right? He joins Greg
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Overheard at the WSOP
LAS VEGAS–Camped out in the Milwaukee\’s Best Light Garage–same comfy leather chair. But today there are no young 20something skanks hotties. Instead there is one 40something lady (previously skanky hot, presumably) who just wandered over from the Poker Kitchen, where
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Investigative Report: WSOP cash games
LAS VEGAS–So pretty much everything at the WSOP this year is an improvement. Except for the media rules … and the cash game board. Last year, if you recall, they used a fancy computer system which seemed plenty easy to
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More heads-up exposure
LAS VEGAS–In satellites here at the WSOP, it is legal to show one or both cards when heads-up. Weird. Doesn\’t that kill your hand in a bracelet tourneys? (Will try to find out … with dealers coming in from all
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Rusty Tourney Play
LAS VEGAS–Was killing some time here, er … doing investigative reporting on the Second Chance tourney system. These are great events in terms of payout, but tough because you start with only 1,000 chips. My very first hand was KK.
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Bigger Money
LAS VEGAS–Just learned there is no $1/$2 NLHE at the World Series of Poker this year. That could change, supposedly, but for now the smallest no-limit game they\’re offering is $2/$5. (The smallest limit game is still $4/$8.)
