There was a big tournament that didn\’t finish up until 11 am Dallas time yesterday. Chip Reese whittled away Andy Bloch to take the super-prestigious HORSE event bracelet. But that wasn\’t the only tourney going on at the WSOP. While […]
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Only for a short time. Who knew that poker is still going on elsewhere, outside of Vegas, that has nothing to do with the WSOP? Today is the pre-season kickoff for Lodge Amateur Poker, as we\’ll be throwing a heads-up
LAS VEGAS–By the way, I made a mistake when I reported that Robert Williamson was the last Dallasy player standing. He went out on the bubble — in 10th place — but none other than T.J. Cloutier was still alive.
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LAS VEGAS–Once again, the pros almost have the hang of playing this hammer thing. Heads-up in HORSE, Hand #129 … again with the 7-2 suited … there\’s the first mistake, but still, Andy is kinda new to blogging; I made
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LAS VEGAS–The craziness continues to build. We\’re just two weeks away from when the real carnival begins. Whatever you do, please don\’t take the brown acid:There are MARKED CARDS all over the place at the WSOP. I’ve seen them in
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LAS VEGAS–Speaking of table-mates, it seems that just as one group of Rounder Clubbers leaves Las Vegas, another rolls in. Not counting the guys who live at Rounder Club West (Don and Doctor Steve), I\’d like to wager that the
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LAS VEGAS–I just took my worst beat of the WSOP. I won\’t even bother to recount it, because the bad beat stories — while not as ubiquitous as last year when you could smoke in the halls here — are
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LAS VEGAS–Poker Donkey has been monitoring CardPlayer and writes in with word of another pro trying to wield the hammer: As seen at www.cardplayer.com during the $1000 rebuy event. Sat Jul 08 16:24:00 PDT 2006 Williams Flexing After a pre-flop
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LAS VEGAS–It\’s kinda funny sad seeing the people who are still at the Rio at this hour. Almost no pros I recognized … and no tourney action of course — just an odd assortment of really big stacks and really
LAS VEGAS–About an hour ago,as the final table of the Ladies Event got down to five players: Jeffrey Pollack, WSOP commissioner: Nolan, excuse me, do you have the bracelet? Nolan Dalla: Uhh … [5 minutes later …] ND: Hello, this
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