UPDATE: It\’s official, both La n DC qualified! For the inaugural minor-league Champions League NIT 2011 WSOP-Freeroll World Championship. Whatever it turns out that people end up calling it … we can only hope here at Pokerati for a high-stakes […]
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Use of Sally Anne Boyer\’s image is what\’s in dispute. Sally Anne Boyer, 2007 WSOP Ladies\’ World Champion, filed a suit Monday against Harrah\’s and the WSOP Academy, claiming they\’ve used her name and likeness without authorization, and falsely claiming
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OK, I think this is the last of it … the 96 players who have bought in to the $50k HORSE event two years in a row, arguably enrolling them all in The Current Poker Elite:
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For some reason or another, the following 52 players participated in the $50k HORSE event last year, but not this year. Some of these names, of course, are more interesting than others: Ariel Schneller Bart Hanson Bill Edler Bob Feduniak
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Semi-related … do you know how much the WSOP spent on media food and water last year? Reportedly $440,000. Yeow! That means collectively, we sandwich-eating, water-and-Pepsi-product-slugging hacks grossed more than Tom won en route to becoming POY. The key word
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I came across a certain post from the PokerNews Live Reporting log for Event #10 – Omaha/Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8-or-Better that sent me right back to 2007. Eskimo Freezes Paul \”Eskimo\” Clark was feeling pretty good about his hand
Deja Vu? Eskimo Clark – Need I Say More?
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At the moment my background music is Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith on Spike the main event of the 2007 WSOP (Episode 4, part 2 of 5 according to YouTube). It\’s actually the first time I\’ve
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I wrote this post right after the 2007 WSOP, but I hadn’t pressed publish yet. With all the talk about structural changes and travel plans for the upcoming WSOP, now seem\’s a good time for us to think about our
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The video of Shannon Shorr\’s drunken shenanigans last summer in Las Vegas that almost led to his becoming the Christopher Reeve of Poker has been posted on YouTube. 22-year-old kids with lots of money are so funny in how they
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I find a new level of respect for Annie Duke every time I speak with her. Last month, she taught the WSOP Ladies Academy I attended, and we had several chances to speak about life and ladies-only tournaments. On life,
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