Phil Hellmuth Wins his 10th!
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WSOP-2006
The Quest for Bracelets
LAS VEGAS–Phil Hellmuth is heads-up yet again for his 10th WSOP victory in a $1,000 NLH event. This time he\’s not up against a no-name … he\’s facing the anti-Phil in the form of the accomplished Juha Helppi. (Get it?
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Correction: Oops, I didn’t Suck Out on Olga
LAS VEGAS–Last week I reported getting a lot of chips in the $1,500 NLH event by cracking Olga Varkonyi\’s aces (and a flopped set of jacks) with my pocket 10s. Not the case. I probably misidentified her because I thought
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Rebuy Mania
LAS VEGAS–In yesterday\’s $1,000 NLH with rebuys, Daniel Negreanu supposedly rebought 48 times. (How do you even have time to rebuy that often during the rebuy period?) Apparently, part of his strategy to put as many chips on his table
Must-see Poker TV
LAS VEGAS–Jen Leo\’s episode of PokerDome airs tonight … 9 pm central. She may be no Rhowena Colclough, but perhaps she could be? I mean by winning. Not by doing soft porn. I mean not that Jen wouldn\’t make good
Pokerati on the Air
LAS VEGAS–Be sure to tune in to \”Bad Beats\” on AM-1300 The Zone in Austin. I\’ll be going on the air in about 20 minutes (7:05 pm CST) to talk about what\’s going on at the WSOP. (If only I
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The A-minus of Poker
LAS VEGAS–Once upon a time I was a teacher. In fact, one of my graduated students used to blog for Pokerati. (Nick, you\’re still welcome to … ) Not sure why so many seem to have shunned writing lives in
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Overheard / Out-of-Context at the WSOP
LAS VEGAS–One day, in the MBL Garage … Spaceman: \”I saw black shoes and a bald spot, so I knew it had to be you or Pauly.\” And just now … in a matter generally unrelated … Otis: \”If there\’s
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Octagon Poker
LAS VEGAS–Over at PokerBlog Tuscaloosa Johnny and I have had some interesting discussion about various rules of the game. And today I got into it quite a bit with a guy who sat down at my $2/$5 table. He was
More Omaha than You might know what to do with
LAS VEGAS–Right now the final table of an Omaha Hi-Lo event is underway. And two other Omaha tourneys just got started today. But it\’s kinda weird, because one of the events wasn\’t on the schedule. In a nutshell, the plan
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