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- The Nightly Turbo: PokerStars Launches Women's Poker League, WPT's Search for the Next Simon Cowell, and More
Your weekly grind is over. Kick off your shoes, fire up an poker table or two on your favorite online poker site, and check out the day's top stories. Taking you into the weekend, PokerStars is launch…
- Off the Felt with Mark Vos
We like to catch up with the pros from time to time, to give you a little sneak peek into their lives. Our latest chat was with Full Tilt Pro Mark Vos. We found out how he's recovering from the 2010 W…
- Inside Gaming: PartyGaming and bwin Announce Merger, LV Sands Fires China CEO, and Station Casinos Settles
The online gaming industry is buzzing this week with news of the $1.76 billion merger between Euro giants PartyGaming and bwin. The brick-and-mortar industry is all atwitter about a major shakeup in t…
- The PokerNews Jet Set: Florianopolis
The ideal recovery after the biggest grind of the summer in the scorching heat of Las Vegas would be to escape to a South American island, right? Well the PokerStars.net Latin American Poker Tour just…
- The Nightly Turbo: PartyGaming and Bwin Merge, Beth Shak on Millionaire Matchmaker, and More
PartyGaming and Bwin have announced a merger, which would create the largest publicly traded online gambling company. On top of that, Beth Shak is apparently going to be on Millionaire Matchmaker. And…
- The Online Railbird Report: Negreanu Wins $333,000 on PokerStars
While Full Tilt Poker is the primary hotbed for high-stakes online cash games, the action was kicked up a notch this week on PokerStars by the presence of the site’s most famous endorser. Daniel Neg…
- The WSOP on ESPN: Mizrachi Grinds to a Win in $50,000 Player's Championship
“The players, the players, the players…” It’s what poker television is really about, isn’t it? The cast of characters that gathers around the table determines so much of the viewing experien…
- PartyPoker $1,100 Summer Step Up
PokerNews and Party Poker are excited to bring you this exclusive Summer Step Up tournament series. With $1,100 in freerolls. There are five steps beginning with Step A, a $1 buy-in, and culminating i…
- House Financial Services Committee Votes to Approve Barney Frank's Internet Gambling Legislation
The eventual timeline of how officially legalized online poker came about in the United States will include a spot for July 28, 2010, the first time a licensing and regulatory bill received a positive…
- The Nightly Turbo: Bruce Buffer Wins Hustler Tournament, World Series of Poker Launches Facebook App, and More
In tonight's Nightly Turbo we've got the scoop on Bruce Buffer showing off his poker skills at the Hustler Casino in Los Angeles on Tuesday, the World Series of Poker has launching a Facebook app, and…
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- OPOY: Mickey “mement_mori” Petersen Assumes the Top Spot
Sorel Mizzi may have what feels like a stranglehold on the BLUFF Player of the Year race, but the Online Player of the Year race still appears to be an absolutely wide-open affair as we have yet anoth…
- POY: World Series of Poker Reshuffles Rankings
Frank Kassela's hot run in the WSOP puts him in the running for POY. As expected, the World Series of Poker drastically reshuffled the 2010 BLUFF Player of the Year rankings. Though you’ll find the…
- HR 2267 Passed by House Financial Services Committee
Barney Frank is the chief author of HR 2267 While last week’s hearing on Rep. Barney Frank’s (D-MA) HR 2267 was all talk, this week the legislation saw some action as it was marked up and passed i…
- World Series of Poker Launches Facebook Poker Game Application
The WSOP has launched a new Facebook poker game. The World Series of Poker has launched a new era of online poker. It’s not the long rumored site that Harrah’s officials have been working on since…
- Power Rankings: Mercier Reigns, Alaei Gaining Ground
Mercier's held on to the top spot all of 2010 The last time we checked in on the BLUFF/ESPN Power Rankings, Jason Mercier was the man to beat, Player of the Year frontrunner Sorel Mizzi was gaining gr…
- ESPN To Begin Airing 2010 World Series of Poker
The World Series of Poker premieres on ESPN tonight at 8 p.m. (ET) The all new season of the World Series of Poker begins Tuesday night at 8 p.m. (ET) with two hours featuring the $50,000 Poker Player…
- Online Poker: David Paredes & BarneyR2005 Score Big on Sunday
The back-to-school season is still a month away, but it certainly felt like summer was over and done with at the online poker tables this Sunday as players stormed back to the virtual felts and made t…
- BLUFF’s Top Tweets: WSOP Over & Laak Through the Looking Glass
Mr. Baldwin, Sebok set the standard for the epic mustache. Each week we spend hours scouring over Twitter finding the best 140 character-or-less thoughts from all your favorite poker personalities. So…
- House Online Gambling Hearing Features Annie Duke
Duke testified during Wednesday's hearing After a summer with little movement, Rep Barney Frank’s (D-MA) HR 2267 finally appears to be making some headway in Washington DC. The bill, known as the In…
- Oddsmakers Make Jonathan Duhamel November Nine Favorite
The 2010 November Nine It seems everybody has an opinion on just who will emerge from the November Nine to claim the title of World Champion and oddsmakers are hoping to cash in on that. In the hours…
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- Bear Praise: Gaming Control Board settles Treasure Island false imprisonment case
As regular readers know, I am a frequent critic of the Nevada Gaming Control Board for failing to use its considerable enforcement power to punish wrongdoing by casinos and their employees. I dislike…
- Can Las Vegas learn from Atlantic City? Eastern USA and Canada trip report
It has long been a goal of mine to visit every state. Prior to this trip, I had been in every state except Delaware and the six New England states. I have now been to all fifty. The main purpose of th…
- Federal jury awards patron $200,000 for false imprisonment by Venetian security guards, and wrongful hotel room eviction
A bully before jury verdict The $200,000 jury verdict against Venetian for abusing a patron is great news. Many casino managers somehow believe that their hotel operations are not subject to the laws…
- The Bear Growls: Harrah’s slithers off the hook again
The Nevada State Contractors Board on Thursday closed its long-standing investigations into illegal remodeling at six Las Vegas hotels in the Harrah’s Entertainment group, when it adopted a settleme…
- The Bear Growls: Colorado casinos move to cheapen blackjack
It’s a shame that Colorado casino operators have already shown their excessive greed by requesting state regulators to permit the sucker-fleecing 6 to 5 payoff on blackjack. Some of the information…
- The Bear Growls: The coverup and whitewash of Harrah’s crimes — criminal case dismissed
HALL OF SHAME CHARTER MEMBERS DA David Roger Judge Eric Goodman in Las Vegas Justice Court dismissed six misdemeanor counts faced by the hotel company and two hotel employees. Goodman, who happens to…
- The Bear Growls: Nevada Gaming Control Board won’t punish casino wrongdoing
As regular readers of this blog know, I often criticize Gaming. I think the agency is much too cozy with the industry it is supposed to be policing. I think it fails to mete out adequate penalties whe…
- The Bear Growls: Vegas Club — Cheaters, Idiots or Both?
My friend Bradley Peterson posted the below at Las Vegas Advisor.com It is reprinted here with permission: For the first time in my life, I have had to contact the Nevada Gaming Board. The following i…
- The Bear Growls: Steve Wynn stoops to new low — Concert attendees have to show identification
From its beginning, Wynn Las Vegas has been the worst casino at privacy invasion and abuse of its patrons’ personal information. Wynn’s casino management has no respect for the privacy of its patr…
- The Bear Growls: Planet Hollywood and other casinos think false imprisonment and extortion “make good sense”
This complaint filed today with the Nevada Gaming Control Board speaks for itself: ————————————————————————————— Jerry Markling, Chief of Enfo…
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- 2010 November Nine: Jason Senti
In November, the 25-year-old from Saint Louis Park, Mineasotta, will enter the final table with 7.7 million chips and try to parlay his 15 big blinds into the $8.9 million first place prize. I'm absol…
- PokerStars Launches Ladies-Only League
The brand new Women's Poker League aims to give female players the chance to have a little fun and compete against players from all over the world in an exclusive female-only online poker community wi…
- IPT Venice Begins
A total of 227 players coughed up the €2,000+€200 buy-in on Day 1a, including 35 who qualified on PokerStars. One of those qualifiers, Loccarini Giacomo, played himself into the chip lead with 175…
- WSOP Launches Facebook App
Harrah's Interactive Entertainment entered into an agreement with Playdom this week to re-launch its existing Poker Palace poker game on the popular social networking site with WSOP branding. We are v…
- 2010 November Nine: John Racener
Racener will take his seat at the final table in November with 19 million chips and he'll have as good a chance as anyone to take down the $8.9 million first place prize. If I win this tournament I do…
- U.S. House Committee Votes in Favor of Online Gambling Regulation Bill
Should it become law, the Internet Gambling Regulation, Consumer Protection, and Enforcement Act of 2009 would establish a federal regulatory and enforcement framework under which Internet gambling op…
- 888poker Launches New Software
The software is almost a complete overhaul of the former user experience with over 100 new features including improved search functions, layout, 3D table graphics and an always visible cashier. Cateri…
- 2010 November Nine: John Dolan
The 24-year-old Floridian will enter the final table second in chips only to French-Canadian Jonathan Duhamel who has 65 million. After making the final table Dolan was humble about his accomplishment…
- Legends Looms at The Bike
Thousands of players are expected to battle for a total prize pool of more than $6 million over the next 34 days. The series begins Jul. 28 with a $400,000 guaranteed No Limit Hold'em $335 re-entry ev…
- Retired Fisherman Wins Commerce Casino’s Million Dollar Guaranteed
Rick Bakovic won the title and $173,500 first-place prize defeating a healthy 3,300-player field in the $335 buy-in event in the Los Angeles area Tuesday. It's the thrill of a lifetime, said Bakovic,…
- 2010 November Nine: Soi Nguyen
The 37-year-old is the only amateur of the 2010 November Nine and will have to outlast established pros like Michael The Grinder Mizrachi and John Racener if he hopes to win the $8.9 million first pla…
- UB Main Event Players Showed Up, Got Paid
UB's Show Up, Get Paid promotion asked their online qualifiers to come to Las Vegas, take their seat in the Main Event and wear the UB logo. Those who did would claim a share of a progressive prize po…
- Matusow Takes DeepStacks to So-Cal
Set for Aug. 14-22 at the Pala Casino Spa & Resort in Southern California, the Pala Poker Open includes a full schedule of tournaments and an advanced tournament training course taught by Matusow. Mat…
- 2010 November Nine: Filippo Candio
Now that I'm a part of the November Nine, I feel it's my great opportunity, he said. I'm the first Italian that has even made the final table of the WSOP Main Event. It's amazing. The 26-year-old of C…
- The Sunday Scoop: Fully Flushed
Being the last Sunday of July, PokerStars did its best to draw the masses by offering up a guaranteed $1.5 million prize pool for The Sunday Million. And with 8,319 entrants creating a $1,663,800 priz…
- Cohen Collects ANZPT Queenstown Title
Coming off a runner-up finish in the Red Dragon main event at the Macau Poker Cup, Team PokerStars Asia Pro Bryan Huang found himself at the final table joined by the likes of ANZPT Canberra champ Jas…
- Poker News in Brief: July 19-25, 2010
There was a hearing for Barney Frank's new online poker bill, two big live tournaments began, tons of online action and of course everyone got to know the 2010 WSOP November Nine a bit better. There a…
- Weekly Freerolls: Dog Days of Summer
The following freerolls are open to all PokerListings.com players. Qualify in the specified qualification period, then take your seat to potentially win baskets of free cash. If you're not a PL.com re…
- Mizrachi Wins Ante Up POY
Ante Up Magazine has named officially named Mizrachi as their Poker Player of the Year. The magazine's editor Chris Cosenza explained there were a number of factors that went into choosing Mizrachi fo…
- PokerStars to Launch Balkan Festival
The Inaugural PokerStars Balkan Poker Festival is scheduled for Sept. 2-5, 2010, at the Grand Hotel & Casino International at Golden Sands resort in Bulgaria, near Varna. The €990 buy-in No-Limit Ho…
- All In Energy Introduces New Pro Team
The aforementioned players, along with company co-owner Johnny Chan, will form the energy drink company's new Team All In. This is a positive step for poker as there are not a lot of endorsement deals…
- 2010 November Nine: Michael Mizrachi
If Mizrachi wins the Main Event he will become the only player in WSOP history to win the prestigious $50k Players Championship and the Main Event in the same year. Not only that but Mizrachi would be…
- ANZPT Queenstown Gets Rolling
Team PokerStars Pro Lee Final Table Nelson, APPT Sydney winner Aaron Benton and ANZPT Gold Coast champion Scott Kerr all came to play in Day 1a of the tournament, which is the only New Zealand-based e…
- Internet Poker Bill Sees Committee Hearing
The bill, which is officially titled H.R. 2267, the Internet Gambling, Consumer Protection and Enforcement Act, would see online poker officially licensed and regulated by the U.S. government. This Co…
- 2010 November Nine: Matthew Jarvis
The 25-year-old from Surrey, British Columbia, Canada will enter the 2010 WSOP Main Event final table in November as one of the middle-stacks with 16 million chips. I'm so excited to be a part of it,…
- RandALLin Dominates Super Tuesday
It was a particularly busy Tuesday on PokerStars as 384 players paid the $1,030 buy-in, easily smashing the $300k guarantee. There were numerous pros in the field with Jon PearlJammer Turner, David dp…
- Commerce $1 Million Guaranteed Begins
A total of 529 players bought into the unusually structured No-Limit Hold'em tournament which will see five starting days from July 20-July 24. Each starting day will see the field reduced to 27 playe…
- 2010 November Nine: Jonathan Duhamel
The only problem is that he has to wait until November for it all to play out. The 22-year-old poker pro from Boucherville, Quebec, played a strong game over eight days of the Main Event and had all t…
- London Poker Festival Set for August
Billed as the biggest poker festival in the world, the festival will occur right in the middle of the World Series of Poker Europe, PokerStars EPT London and the inaugural WPT London with more than £…
- Burland Bags UKIPT Brighton
A total of 259 players bought into the £1,000 No-Limit Hold'em tournament, which began last Thursday. The tournament drew a number of notable British and Irish professional poker players including Ne…
- Moritz Kranich Takes Bellagio Cup VI
With the WSOP Main Event in full swing, the Bellagio event didn't garner the kind of attention WPT tournaments usually receive but it was a notable final table with Phil Ivey and Justin BoostedJ Smith…
- The Sunday Scoop: Near Miss for Adam Levy
As usual PokerStars drew the largest crowd of online players with over 14,000 runners in the Sunday Million, Sunday 500, Sunday Warm-up and Sunday Second Chance alone. ROMDOM outlasted 8,026 players i…
- WSOP 2010 November Nine Ready For Historic Showdown
With 27 players returning to start the day, Day 8 promised intrigue, excitement and drama ... and it more than delivered on this promise. All 8 days of the Main Event 2010 have played out in superchar…
- Another Unlikely Chip Leader Emerges in WSOP Main Event
Joseph Cheong was born in Seoul, South Korea, hails from La Mirada, CA, and graduated from UC-San Diego last year with a degree in psychology. This is only his second time playing in the Main Event. I…
- Big WSOP Finish Leads to Big Payday for Bellande
It's been a crazy rollercoaster; each level of each day you have different goals, said Bellande. When you have a huge stack you're thinking about the final table; when you have a short stack you're ju…
- Only Three Tables Remain in WSOP Main Event
Michael The Grinder Mizrachi is still alive with 5.5 million and battling for a bracelet and potential Player of the Year title. The new chip leader is Joseph Cheong, who has 24.3 million. Also still…
- Mizrachi Steals WSOP Main Event Day 6
Mizrachi already has one WSOP bracelet from the $50k Players Championship this year but looked hungry for poker's biggest prize as he stacked his way up to 7.5 million by the time play ended. It was g…
- Last Woman Eliminated in 2010 Main Event
It ultimately came up short when she had the misfortune of moving all-in with king-ten against Eric Baldwin who picked up pocket aces. In spite of her elimination, Zuckerman was upbeat about the poten…
- Ivey Makes WPT Final Table
The WPT Bellagio Cup VI has been running for four days now and after receiving 353 entrants it's down to a final table of six players. First place will pay out $875,150 but every player at the final t…
- Main Event Day 5: Chan Still Crushing
A total of 566 players entered the fray on Day 5 but after 12 hours of play the field had once again been cut down to size with 205 players still shooting for glory. Perhaps no player in the field has…
- Affleck Attacks 2010 WSOP Main Event
In the 2009 Main Event, Affleck was chip leader on Day 4, built his way up to 3 million chips before eventually falling out in 80th place. The chip leader at the dinner break of Day 5 with 2.96 millio…
- 2010 WSOP Set to Debut on ESPN
The preview show, which will be co-hosted hosted by Lon McEachern and Norman Chad, will include a look back at all the notable poker stories in the last year including Barry and Jeff Shulman making tw…
- Bubble Bursts as Dunst Seizes Main Event Lead
Those who were sweating their shorts stacks on the bubble had to wait an extra 90 minutes as tournament officials made the controversial decision to break for dinner only four slots shy of the money.…
- WSOP Adds Regional, National Championship Circuit Events
The tour is entering its seventh year and features events around the United States throughout the year. This year officials are adding four $10k buy-in regional championships and lowering the buy-in t…
- Chan Still Among Leaders After Day 3 of WSOP Main Event
The cash is drawing nearer as the eliminations pick up and the celebrations become more intense. Only 747 will emerge with a payday and that bubble is expected to burst tomorrow. Some of the players w…
- Team Mizrachi Mowing Down WSOP Main Event Field
Michael The Grinder Mizrachi is the most well known of the four, while eldest brother Robert is a familiar face to those around the pro tournament circuit. Unknown to most are brothers Eric and Danny…
- WSOP Main Event Day 2b: Ivey Stunned
A total of 2,734 players started the day but only a little over 1,400 will see the light of Day 3. Ricardo Fasanaro, Gabriel Walls, Vanessa Selbst, Bryn Kenney and Alex Kostritsyn were among the chip…
- WSOP High Profile: Jason Dewitt
Jason JMaster130 Dewitt seems to have taken that to heart on Day 2b as he's fought his way into the top 10 chip counts as of the dinner break with over 200k. I'm feeling really good, he said. I've onl…
- Kimberly Lansing Rejoins WPT
The announcement was made during press conference held on the eve of Bellagio Cup VI, which is the first event of the WPT's ninth season. Lansing served as a video hostess during the WPT's sixth seaso…
- WSOP Main Event Day 2a: 100% Lebron Free
A total of 2,412 players packed into the Rio on Day 2a with hopes of building a giant stack before the last level expired. Full Tilt Poker Pro Corwin Cole entered as the chip leader with 228,000 but h…
- WSOP High Profile: Yevgeniy Timoshenko
Winning the WSOP Main Event wouldn't be a bad option. After getting shut out of the Main Event last year on Day 1d, Yevgeniy Timoshenko is playing in poker's big dance for the first time this year. Th…
- 2010 WSOP Makes Case as Greatest Ever
By the time the final entrant had been counted on Thursday, the 2010 WSOP had received a total of 72,966 players over 57 events. When the Main Event is complete, the 2010 WSOP will have awarded a reco…
- Superb Turnout For 2nd Largest ME in WSOP History
An impressive 2,391 players turned up to to add to the already swelling numbers from the first three days. 7,319 was the final tally of players at this year's Main Event, ranking it as the second bigg…
- Kassela Talks About Potential WSOP POY Win
Kassela entered the Main Event with 285 points, while Juanda was the next closest with 225. Based on the POY scoring model that awards 100 points to 1st and 75 points to 2nd, the only way Kassela won'…
- WSOP Main Event Largest Since 2006
Only 2006 - arguably the peak of the poker boom - produced a larger turnout. While the official registration number won't be released for another few hours, we know 4,928 players registered on the fir…
- WSOP Main Event Day 1C: Chan Takes Control
The official WSOP count for the day was 2,314, which topped the 1,125 from day 1A and the 1,489 from day 1B. While the WSOP doesn't have an exact number of players who have pre-registered for the fina…
- Pros Look For Early Edge at WSOP Main Event
Pros at the WSOP Main Event will look for any small advantage they can gain when choosing between one of four starting days. The best strategy depends on who you ask. I was going to play in Day 1a, sa…
- 2008 Main Event Champ Eastgate a No-Show
The 24-year-old Danish pro said he is burnt out on tournament poker and taking an indefinite leave of absence from the game that brought him fame and fortune. In the 20 months following my WSOP win…
- Huge Numbers on Main Event Day 1b
A total of 1,489 players bought into Day 1b, which was a nice bump from the 1,125 that bought in on Day 1a. Among the big name players to take part on the usually slow starting day were Erick Lindgren…
- Williams, Selbst Join PokerStars
The online poker room introduced the two players as members of Team PokerStars Pro during a press conference at the Palms on Tuesday. Williams mentioned he was happy to be a part of the PokerStars fam…
- Champ Camp Qualifier Begins WSOP Run
A 49-year-old former dealer from Australia, Roberts is hard to miss on Day 1b of the 2010 Main Event with her trademark Australian Bush hat and mosquito veil. Roberts qualified through PokerListings'…
- History Repeats on Main Event Day 1a
There were 1,125 players, several pros, a handful of celebrities and too many donkeys to count in the field. In other words, it was almost identical to Day 1a of the 2009 WSOP Main Event, which drew 1…
- Pros Put Bad Beat on Cancer
The Bad Beat on Cancer Initiative began as an idea between poker professionals Phil Gordon and Rafe Furst at the 2003 World Series of Poker event to fund cancer prevention research. The pair had been…
- WSOP Goes International
With three bracelets yet to be awarded, the 2010 WSOP has attracted players from 29% more countries than the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. It's a stark contrast to when the event started in 1971…
- Seed Flowers In WSOP Tournament of Champions
Mike Matusow entered the day with a healthy chip lead and it was expected Matusow would have received a boon from watching Tom Dwan's bracelet bid crash and burn the evening before. Having booked exte…
- Alaei and Seed Spark 4th July Fireworks: WSOP Day 38 Recap
The Main Event is just round the corner - Day 1a starting tomorrow - but there were still another four big prizepool tournaments to excite the many fascinated World Series of Poker fans. We saw two to…
- Taylor Made Recipe For WSOP Success
Taylor is in Vegas sharing a house with Benjamin Yu and when the pair of them made the final table, they joked about what they would do if they ended up heads-up. We worked out the odds would be about…
- I'm Bluffing Matt Damon! - Day 37 WSOP Recap
Once again the casino was a a hub of activity as the WSOP played out with the $10k Main Event looming ever closer. There was so much activity that the scheduled Tournament of Champions competition had…
- Brunson's Favorite Kelly Seals WSOP Bracelet
It definitely exceeds my expectations, said Kelly, following his win for an impressive $1,315,518. Hopefully I can keep winning. I want to win more bracelets. The final saw the 21 year old American fa…
- Actors, Athletes and Amateurs Unite For Africa at WSOP
All facetiousness aside, today's $5k Ante Up For Africa tournament supports the admirable non-profit organization bearing the same name that is dedicated to raising money and awareness for Africans in…
- 6-Max Mania - Day 36 WSOP Recap
Day 36 saw Frank Kassela take command of the Player of the Year race with a final table appearance in $25k Six-Max Hold'em. We saw a bracelet champion crowned in $1.5k Limit Hold'em Shootout, while To…
- 2010 WSOP Breaks Attendance Records
Attendance through 55 bracelet events is 63,706, breaking the previous record set at the 2009 WSOP, when 60,875 players registered for 57 events. With two more events still to be counted, it appears t…
- WSOP High Profile - Allen "Chainsaw" Kessler
Kessler has been one of the biggest breakout stars of the 2010 WSOP, cashing eight times in seven different games for a total of $373,733. If you look around the online poker forums it seems like Kess…
- Home Stretch - Day 35 WSOP Recap
We saw a slew of poker's greats surround the halls of the Rio Pavilion, with both the $25k Six-Handed No-Limit Championship and $10k PLO Championships in play. The $1.5k Limit Shootout also played dow…
- Welch Takes Down $3k Triple Chance
The heads-up finale was home to a WSOP final table party, with Welch riding a wave of vocal support to outlast Jon Eaton and take down his first bracelet and $559,371. The scene around the heads-up fi…
- $25k 6-Max Event Debuts at WSOP
Following the trend set by the $50k Players Championship, which began in 2006, the WSOP has introduced another event with a higher buy-in than the $10k Main Event. Excluding the 2009 WSOP 40th Anniver…
- Two New Champs Crowned at Red-Hot WSOP: Day 34 Recap
The series may be closing in on its final, huge event but make no mistake - no one is passing time here at the Rio and there was some incredible action on show as usual. Event 49 - $1.5k No-Limit Hold…
- WSOP 2010 Player of the Year Race Heats Up
John Juanda and Frank Kassela are tied at the top of the leaderboard with 225 points and Juanda has incredibly got there without winning a bracelet, courtesy of making four World Series final tables i…
- Mizrachi Chasing Bracelet: Day 33 Recap
Las Vegas experienced a sweltering day and inside the relative cool of the Amazon Room, the temperature also rose as a fiery group of poker players went head-to-head across four WSOP tournaments. Two…
- Obrestad Hungry for Second WSOP Bracelet
Following her £1 million cash in London however, she has been unable to perform on poker's most celebrated stage, the WSOP in Las Vegas, because she's always been too young - until now. Having finall…
- From Bust to Bracelet: Bell Talks About WSOP Win
Bell and Smith each notched their first ever WSOP victories over the weekend, Smith in No-Limit Hold'em and Bell in Pot-Limit Omaha High-Low Split. The first time bracelet wins are especially satisfyi…
- Matusow Running Hot - Day 32 WSOP Recap
Day 32 was a showcase for poker's elite, as Day 2 of the Tournament of Champions played out on the WSOP feature table stage. Mike The Mouth Matusow had perhaps his best day of the 2010 WSOP, emerging…
- Lisandro Speaks On TOC Snub
The WSOP opened the TOC selection process to the fans for 2010, allowing the public to go online and vote in 20 of the 27 players in the field. While the TOC field is as impressive as it gets in poker…
- Matusow Tops TOC on Day 2
The world-class field of poker's finest were back to the Amazon Room stage for Day 2 of the Tournament of Champions, and it appeared that no one wanted to hit the rail early. There were only 10 elimin…
- Champions Forum - Day 31 WSOP Recap
Frank Kassela and John Juanda pulled into a dead heat for the Player of the Year race after Kassela's latest cash. Two more bracelets were handed out as the latest two WSOP champions were crowned. Her…
- Poker News In Brief: June 21-27, 2010
It's been a year of redemption stories at the WSOP, as Dutch Boyd, Eric Buchman and Scott Montgomery have all taken down gold bracelets. Be sure to check our live tournaments, news and video sections…
- Stars Headline 2010 TOC
20 of the 27 players seated for the start of the TOC Sunday were voted in by fans on WSOP.com, and this year's TOC is the equivalent of an All-Star game from any major sport. A ballot of 50 names was…
- Five-Star Canada win 5th WSOP bracelet: Day 30 Recap
Another four absorbing contests also took place, with Devilfish and Hellmuth facing off mano to mano in event 46. Here's how it played out. Event 44 - $2.5k Mixed Hold'em Nine of the original 507 play…
- Smith Breaks WSOP Duck With 1st Bracelet Win
After many years of trying, Smith has finally laid his WSOP ghosts to rest after triumphing in the $2.5k Mixed Hold'em Event at the 2010 World Series Of Poker. I always thought I was going to come bac…
- WSOP Mixed Events Hold Untapped Potential
Missoula, Montana native Ian Johnson is the latest unknown twenty something bracelet winner to emerge from nowhere and he didn't even have to outlast 3,000 players to earn his title. Johnson bested a…
- Hamrick and Gordon Seal Bracelets: WSOP Day 29 Recap
In addition a further three tournaments played out as the Rio was once again filled with the noise, laughter and tears of an eager group of poker players vying for their place in history. Here's how i…
- 2010 WSOP: The Year of the Brit
English pro Steve Jelinek is the latest British bracelet winner, taking down the $1.5k PLO High-Low Split event for a payday of $245,871. He joins fellow countrymen Praz Bansi, James Dempsey, Richard…
- Hellmuth and Jelinek Headline Day 28 of the WSOP
We saw Phil Hellmuth and Barry Greenstein in the final 15 of $1.5k PLO8, while Humberto Brenes carved up the competition for a second straight day in $1.5k No-Limit Hold'em. Eli Elezra dominated Day 1…
- Ivey Strengthens His WSOP Legacy
Retirement, of course, isn't happening any time soon for Ivey, still only 34 years old and secure in his spot atop the poker world. Ivey moved into rare territory with his bracelet win in $3k H.O.R.S.…
- Montgomery Talks First WSOP Bracelet
Scott Montgomery now has both, and the 28-year-old Canadian pro was in the house Thursday to accept his $1k No-Limit Hold'em bracelet. After making the 2008 November Nine and cashing out for more than…
- Magnificent Montgomery - Day 27 WSOP Recap
It was a breakthrough day for one Scott Montgomery, who tallied his first WSOP bracelet win, while Frank Kassela snagged his second bracelet of the summer in $2.5k Razz. In a strange turn of events th…
- Dakota Man Wins Bodog Champion Camp
The North Dakotan won the package earlier this month after he took part in a Bodog freeroll, which was exclusive to PokerListings.com players. Winning the WSOP package was awesome although it was a bi…
- Ivey Talks Eighth WSOP Bracelet
The bracelet is the eighth career WSOP bracelet for Ivey, and the legend continues to grow. Poker, just like any other sport, takes a lot of work, Ivey said. I've put a lot of time into the game. From…
- Kwaysser Shines Bright In WSOP Universe: Day 26 Recap
Here's how the day developed. Event 36 - $1k No-Limit Hold'em A relatively quick day played out in the $1k NLHE - 38 players were whittled down to the final nine players in efficient fashion. Sebastie…
- WSOP 101: Don't Bet Against Phil Ivey
That player, of course, is Phil Ivey. The 33-year-old assassin is perhaps the most feared No-Limit Hold'em player in the world, but none of his eight WSOP victories have come in a Hold'em event. It se…
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- Frank Scoblete - Can I Lay the 4 and Bet the Hardways at the Same Time?
Dear Frank: If I buy the 4 in craps, does that include the soft 4 and, if so, can I lay the 4 and bet $15 on a hard 4 and buy the 4? All three bets is what I'm saying and all of them at the same time?…
- Bill Burton - Why Losing Feels Like Winning
The other day as I was walking through the casino, I noticed three young ladies playing a progressive slot machine. One of them was actually playing the machine and the other two were looking on as sh…
- Mark Pilarski - Deal Me In: The right to resign Scowlee status
Dear Mark: Why is it that every time I get a few dollars ahead in blackjack, the pit boss stands over the game and watches my play? Jeff K. Fair enough, Fred; yes there are some pit bosses who stand g…
- Howard Stutz - Wynn net income improves thanks to Macau
LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- Wynn Resorts Ltd. benefited from a robust second quarter at the company's casinos in Macau to offset losses on the Strip. The Las Vegas-based casino operator reported net income o…
- Howard Stutz - Pinnacle reports $49 million loss in second quarter
LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- Pinnacle Entertainment lost $49.3 million in the second quarter despite a jump in revenues following the opening of a suburban casino in St. Louis. The Las Vegas-based company, wh…
- Howard Stutz - Wynn slams Obama adminstration again
LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- Steve Wynn the Political Pundit resurfaced Thursday. During the Wynn Resorts Ltd. second quarter earnings conference call, company chairman Steve Wynn said he isn't thrilled with…
- Howard Stutz - Casino industry outlook still uncertain
LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- Double-digit declines in monthly state gaming revenues have dissipated in the first half of 2010, but a national credit and bond rating service isn't ready to say the financial he…
- Aaron Todd - PartyGaming and bwin announce merger
After months of speculation, bwin and PartyGaming have announced that they will merge to form the world's largest publicly traded online gambling company. Bloomberg News valued the deal at $1.76 billi…
- Vin Narayanan - What's next for Frank's Internet gambling bill?
Now that Rep. Barney Frank's bill to license and regulate online gambling in the U.S. has been passed by the committee he chairs, the House Financial Services Committees, all sorts of questions are sw…
- Frank Scoblete - Can the 5-Count actually make craps a positive game for players?
Skinny writes for my web site and here is a brilliant piece which can be found at http://www.goldentouchcraps.com/skinny0001.shtml. It analyzes mathematician Dr. Don Catlin's massive study of using th…
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- Annie Duke Talks Internet Gambling on MSNBC Schooling the unschooled masses
Maybe I’m expecting too much from Annie … just watched her on MSNBC’s noon-time news, and I think if I were her opponent in this mini-debate I coulda blown her outta the water — even without b…
- RE: HR 2267 Passes 41-22[-1] Semi-bipartisan support: Who Voted How
Here is the breakdown of yesterday’s vote in the House Financial Services Committee. I’m curious about those who chose NOT to vote, and libertarian-wise … Ron Paul’s declaration of “present…
- Coming Down from the WSOP The Poker Beat
Getting caught up and back in the swing of things — slowly but surely — so what better way than to listen to the most recent episode of The Poker Beat? The Poker Beat: July 22, 2010 Rookie twitter…
- HR 2267 Passes 41-22
A press release from the PPA regarding the passage of HR 2267 from the House Financial Services Committee by a vote of 41-22. PPA Praises Passage of H.R. 2267, [...]
- Your Guide to HR 2267 Markup Day
pic: @scarlet_lv Editor’s Note: After seven months of what seemed like stall-and-get-nowhere — and a delay yesterday until today — the poker-friendly legislation that Barney Frank (and the PPA)…
- Markup of HR 2267 airing now
Watch the markup hearing here The markup hearing of the House Financial Services Subcommittee started shortly after 10am. The schedule is to discuss HR 2267 until 11am ET, then take a one-hour break.…
- Greg Raymer on Fox Business re: HR 2267
With the markup of HR 2267 scheduled during the House Financial Services Committee today, Greg Raymer appeared on Fox Business to discuss regulating and licensing Internet poker. Video of Raymer’s a…
- Tea Party Conservatives Support Efforts to Quash UIGEA RE: Markup of HR 2267 Tuesday
The battle over Barney Frank’s HR 2267 is heating up, and he seems to have found allies in sensible albeit unusual places. Specifically, supporting efforts to dismantle – or at least rebuke and re…
- Markup of HR 2267 Tuesday Vote appears too close to call
Watch the markup hearing here The attempt to regulate and license Internet gambling tries to move another step forward on Tuesday with the markup of HR 2267 in the House Financial Services Subcommitte…
- Richard Bakovic wins Commerce Guaranteed Million Dollar Tournament
The final day of the $335 Commerce Guaranteed Million Dollar Tournament concluded with a 6-way deal as Richard Bakovic earned the win for a reported $173,500, according to a Tweet from TD Matt Savage.…
- Commerce Guaranteed Million Dollar Tournament Day 1e update
The final opening day of the $335 Commerce Guaranteed Million Dollar Tournament drew a field of 896 players, making the total number of entries 3300 on Saturday. This means the tournament finished wit…
- Commerce Guaranteed Million Dollar Tournament Day 1d Update
Friday afternoon of the $335 Commerce Guaranteed Million Dollar Tournament drew the largest field with 716 players entering the tournament, with the final 72 making the money. To avoid an overlay, Sat…
- Felt Wars Pt. 2 Word from our sponsors …
Another fun one looking at poker a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away … from CardRunners instructor/filmmaker JimmyLegs: Remember, you can get a free membership to CardRunners by signing up wi…
- Re: Andy Bloch returns to Rio to defend Internet freedom It’s about more than just poker, but poker important part of it
Thursday morning at the Rio, Andy Bloch was part of a panel at Netroots Nation titled Internet Freedom: Protecting Rights in the Digital Realm. Many in the poker community have heard Bloch’s points…
- Commerce Guaranteed Million Dollar Tournament Day 1c Update
Thursday afternoon brought a field of 596 players for the Commerce Casino’s $335 Million Dollar Guarantee Tournament. So far there has been a total of 1,688 entries into the tournament, with 3,509 e…
- Commerce Guaranteed Million Dollar Tournament – Day 1b update
Day 1b of the $335 Commerce Guaranteed Million Dollar Tournament drew a field of 563 players Tuesday afternoon, with James Pittman (victim of one of Phil Hellmuth’s classic rants, shown below) led t…
- Bloch returns to Rio to defend Internet freedom
Andy Bloch played over 30 tournaments at the Rio during the WSOP this summer, but he’ll make one more visit to the Rio Thursday morning as part of Netroots Nation (formerly known as the YearlyKos Co…
- HR 2267 Hearing Recap Congress Considers Poker Position in Online Gambling Regs
Watch the archived hearing here Wednesday’s hearing on HR 2267, which would regulate and license Internet gambling, brought out strong opinions from both sides in over two hours of testimony in fron…
- FBI, County Sheriff, Local Police Raid Houston Underground Game
With limited factcheck, we do have a little more poker-minded info to go on beyond the hedline and the TV news report: 14 arrested — “at least,” authorities say — presumably to be charged with…
- House Financial Services Committee on HR 2267, 2pm Today
Watch the hearing at the House Financial Committee site UPDATE: A series of roll call votes will delay the hearing until at least 2:15pm. This afternoon, Barney Frank’s House Financial Services Comm…
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- 2010 World Series of Poker November Nine Profile -- Joseph Cheong
As a student at the University of California San Diego, Joseph Cheong used to fund his modest poker bankroll by way of his $12-an-hour job in the college’s literature department.
- August 2010 Poker Tournament Trail Preview
August is a month that always starts slow with a post-World Series of Poker haze that is devoid of major tournament action, but this year picks up steam quicker than …
- This Week in Poker -- July 24-30
Check out CardPlayer.com every Friday for a weekly wrap-up of the news from the live poker tournament trail. Card Player Player of the Year Update The Card Player Player of …
- The Scoop -- Watch Part II with Ted Forrest on This Week's Episode
Ted Forrest talks about how prop bets are paid on the honor system on this week’s episode of The Scoop (sponsored by Full Tilt Poker) on Card Player TV. Check …
- Meet The Novemeber Nine -- Filippo Candio
Filippo Candio is the only remaining European player in the 2010 WSOP Main Event heading into the final table, and is the first Italian ever to make the Main Event final table. In this video you'll le…
- Poker Bill Passes Out of Committee -- Now What?
On Wednesday, the House Financial Services Committee passed Rep. Barney Frank’s poker-related legislation out of committee by a 41-22 vote. The result was hailed by poker advocates as a historic …
- European Poker Giants Agree to Merger
PartyGaming, owner of PartyPoker, and bwin, the Austro-German betting giant, today agreed terms on their long-mooted merger. Pending shareholder approval, bwin will own 51.4 percent of the enlarged gr…
- ANZPT -- Julian Cohen Wins Queenstown Main Event
The PokerStars Australia New Zealand Poker Tour pulled into Queenstown, New Zealand last week and the tournament came to a conclusion on Sunday. The $2,500 NZD no-limit hold’em main event …
- Meet The November Nine -- 2nd In Chips John Dolan
24 year old poker professional John Dolan enters the final table of the 2010 WSOP Main Event in second chip position with 46.25 million. The Florida native had built up nearly a million dollars in tou…
- World Series of Poker Q and A: Nolan Dalla
No one spends more time at the Rio each summer during the World Series of Poker than media director Nolan Dalla. He stays with each and every final table until …
- Under The Gun -- Annie Duke
Jon Friedberg hosts another episode of Under The Gun brought to you by UB.com with special guest and UB pro Annie Duke. Duke recently spoke in favor or regulating and officially legalizing online poke…
- Online Poker -- Full Tilt Poker Signs James 'Flushy' Dempsey
One of this summer’s top performers has been rewarded with a new sponsorship deal at Full Tilt Poker. James “Flushy” Dempsey tore up the 2010 World Series of Poker, cashing …
- ESPN Begins 2010 World Series of Poker Season
The new season of the World Series of Poker begins tonight at 8 p.m. ET on ESPN. The first two-hour episode will feature the $50,000 Players Championship. The event attracted …
- Online Poker -- Tom Dwan Gets Another Taker in Durrrr Challenge
Tom Dwan has found a potential taker for his Durrrr Challenge in Jungleman12. The unknown high-stakes cash game player would have to take on Dwan even though his match with …
- Meet The November Nine -- Jason Senti
Jason Senti enters the final table of the 2010 WSOP Main Event as the shortest stack, but this 25 year old poker pro from Minnesota brings a lot of experience to the table as a cash game grinder and a…
- Meet The November Nine -- John Racener
Probably the most well known player of the November Nine behind Michael 'The Grinder' Mizrachi, 24 year old poker professional John Racener has more than $1.7 million in lifetime tournament cashes. Le…
- Poker Strategy -- Jonathan Duhamel Analyzes Key WSOP Double-Up
At 22 years old, Jonathan Duhamel is the youngest member of the 2010 World Series of Poker main event November Nine. With nearly 66 million in chips, Duhamel is
- Online Poker -- David 'gaucho2121' Paredes Chops Up Full Tilt Win
You can check out the final results for Sunday’s flagship events on Full Tilt, PokerStars, UB, Bodog and Cake below: PokerStars — Sunday Million Buy-In: $200+$15 Prize Pool: $1,663,800 Entrants: …
- Online Poker -- Casey Jarzabek Continues to Lead OPOY Race
It’s been over a month since we’ve looked at the Card Player Online Player of the Year standings. The focus of the poker world was squarely on the WSOP but …
- This Week in Poker -- July 17 – 23
Check out CardPlayer.com every Friday for a weekly wrap-up of the news from the live poker tournament trail. Card Player Player of the Year Update The Card Player Player of …
- Deion Sanders to Host Poker Tournament at Seminole Hard Rock Casino
Former NFL cornerback, Major League Baseball outfielder, Florida State legend, and NFL Network sports commentator, Deion “Prime Time” Sanders will host a no-limit hold’em single-table poker tour…
- The Scoop -- Watch Part I with Ted Forrest on this Week's Episode
Ted Forrest discusses losing 45 pounds for a prop bet this summer on this week’s episode of The Scoop (sponsored by Full Tilt Poker) on Card Player TV. Check out …
- Meet The November Nine -- Joseph Cheong
Joseph Cheong is a 24 year old professional poker player from La Mirada, California who is heading into the final table of the 2010 WSOP Main Event in third chip position with 23.525 million. Card Pla…
- 2010 World Series of Poker November Nine Profile -- John Dolan
Coming into this summer, John Dolan had quietly racked up nearly $1 million in tournament winnings over his career. In July, he had no choice but to accept the limelight …
- Time's Running Out to Win a Trip To Watch the World Series of Poker November Nine Live in Vegas
The 2010 WSOP November Nine have been decided, and Card Player is giving its readers a chance to win a dream trip to see the winner crowned! Create your own …
- David 'DocSands' Sands Becomes Newest Member of Poker's Brunson 10
At the start of the World Series of Poker, four players began a competition to win a spot as a member of the DoylesRoom Brunson 10. Dan “djk123” Kelly, David …
- WSOP -- Duhamel Confident About His Chances Heading Into November
Jonathan Duhamel can already envision it — a heads-up battle with the Grinder, where the young Canadian emerges victorious and takes home nearly $9 million and
- Full Tilt Poker Renews Million Dollar Cash Game Deal
Emblaze Productions has announced FullTiltPoker.com will continue to sponsor the Million Dollar Cash Game for the next three years. This year’s invite-only event will be filmed in London on Septembe…
- After Hearing, Frank’s Poker Bill Nears Mark-up and Vote
Analogies were quite popular in Wednesday’s Congressional hearing on Rep. Barney Frank’s online poker bill. Rep. Spencer Bacchus compared poker players to heroin addicts, poker pro Annie Duke
- Meet The November Nine -- Michael 'The Grinder' Mizrachi
Michael 'The Grinder' Mizrachi is undoubtedly the most well known of the players at the 2010 WSOP Main Event final table, with more than $8.8 million in tournament cashes and multiple titles including…
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- 2010 WSOP November Nine Set with Duhamel in the Lead
After a seven-week World Series of Poker in Las Vegas, the 2010 November Nine were established and prepared, as well as could be, for a four-month break before their final table. There were 7,319 play…
- Moritz Kranich Wins First Season 9 WPT Stop at Bellagio Cup
The World Poker Tour was ready to launch into its ninth season after implementing changes like the reintroduction of Kimberly Lansing as anchor, addition of Matt Savage as executive tour director, and…
- Neverwin Poker’s Fantastic Freeroll Picks for July 16th
Some amazing Freerolls are coming your way this week, all thanks to the amazing efforts of the Neverwin Poker promotions team. The first Freeroll you need to make sure you attend is on PokerStars this…
- Here’s the Deal - Ted Forrest Wins, Snoop Dogg Performs
Here’s the Deal presents a week’s worth of poker news - the good, bad, and sometimes ugly - in one place. Between the poker tournaments, player happenings, and political updates, there is a little…
- Sunday Poker Report 07/11: Puffinmypurp Grabs Solid Six Figures in Sunday Million
It’s tough to feel sorry for online poker websites, so that’s not what we’re writing here. But week after week this summer, many of the sites have seen registration numbers decline in their majo…
- The Last Neverwin Poker $500 Freeroll of July Kicks Off the 21st
Thousands of poker players have started their poker careers by taking advantage of the free money which is given away in FreeRoll tournaments every day. That is why Neverwin Poker has made a deal with…
- Here’s the Deal - Eastgate Retires, Holyfield Dances on the Felt
Here’s the Deal presents a week’s worth of poker news - the good, bad, and sometimes ugly - in one place. Between the poker tournaments, player happenings, and political updates, there is a little…
- Neverwin Poker’s Fantastic Freeroll Picks for July 9th
What’s hot this week besides the sweltering weather? This week’s Neverwin Poker FreeRoll action, that’s what! Over at PartyPoker the Drive The Dream promotion is still going on where you could w…
- Tomer Berda Wins Last Preliminary Event #56: $2,500 No Limit Holdem
It may have been the last event before the World Series of Poker Main Event, but that doesn’t mean that the first place prize was anything short of impressive. That’s right, Tomer Berda racked up…
- Huck Seed Defeats All-Star Line-Up to Win WSOP Tournament of Champions
The Tournament of Champions has finally ended after multiple delays and longer than expected playing times, with Huck Seed walking away as the champion. Despite the initial issues, the Tournament of C…
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- Full Tilt Poker Renews Million Dollar Game
Full Tilt Poker has decided to partner with Emblaze Productions to continue and bring the Million Dollar Cash Game to its members. The companies have agreed to a three year deal. Emblaze will produce…
- Go To Portugal Courtesy of PokerStars Satellite Event
If you have ever wanted to travel to beautiful Portugal, now is your chance. PokerStars is hosting a satellite event for those interested in participating in the EPT (European Poker Tour) Vilamoura. T…
- WSOP November Nine Named
In this year’s World Series of Poker main event, 7,319 men and women descended upon Las Vegas to compete for one of the biggest prizes in poker, the WSOP Main Event Championship. Nine individuals pl…
- Party Poker Announces Summer Step Up Promo
Party Poker recently announced its summer Step Up promotion. Individuals that sign up through the site are eligible to play for the chance to participate in a $1000 freeroll. Individuals that have acc…
- PokerStars Moves Into French Gambling Market
PokerStars.com has just been granted a license to enter the French gambling market and by all accounts, they are looking to make a big splash. Pokerstars has managed to lure some of the top French pok…
- Fun Blackjack Game
If you need a break from the poker grind, blow a few bucks playing 21. You can play for free or for real at our favorite online casino, Bodog.com. They gave us this free flash blackjack game that you…
- The Latest Promotions Being Offered At Bodog Poker
If you are a member of Bodog Poker.com or are considering joining the well known poker room, you will be glad to know that they offer a myriad of very generous and creative bonuses. Individuals may be…
- PokerStars In-House Pro Peter Eastgate Retires
In a move that has shocked the poker world, Professional player Peter Eastgate has announced that he is retiring from the sport. This is especially true considering that just two years ago, he was the…
- WSOP Tourney of Champions Top Prize Goes To Huck Seed
Huck Seed surprised everyone by taking the top prize at this year’s Tourney of Champions. He wasn’t expected to win it all, especially with Daniel Negreanu, Mike Matusow, Howard Lederer, T.J. Clou…
- PokerStars Lands Poker Pro David Williams
David William’s representatives, Poker Royalty have recently confirmed that Williams has signed a contract with PokerStars to become one of their pro players. PokerStars is the largest internet poke…
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- The 2nd annual All In for CP Celebrity No-Limit Texas Holdem Poker Tournament
The All In for CP Celebrity Tournament will benefit the One Step Closer Foundation. The Hard Rock Hotel and Casino will host the event.
- The PokerStars Satellite Event for amFAR and PokerStars Charity Poker Tournament
The amFAR and PokerStars Charity Poker event will be on January 8th, 2010. PokerStars is already offering satellite events for the tournament.
- Doug "Rico" Carli Solidifies Most Poker Cash-ins Record at the World Series of Poker Circuit
Doug Carli cemented his position as the most prolific player in the WSOPC with a 2nd place finish at a preliminary poker event in Atlantic City. Carli said that he is proud of his achievement.
- The Full Tilt Poker Series Event in Spain
Well-known poker players like Gus Hansen will participate in the Full Tilt Poker Series in Spain. The Series will begin on December 3rd, 2009-December 6th, 2009.
- PokerStars Partners With amFAR to hold Charity Poker Tournament at the Atlantis Resort and Casino
PokerStars is hosting a charity poker event at the Atlantis Resort and Casino on January 8th, 2010. The main beneficiary of the event is amFAR.
- Mandalay Media Incorporated Bids for the World Poker Tour
Mandalay Media Inc. made the buyout offer for the WPT on October 30th, 2009. Mandalay Medias offer is the third bid for the WPT.
- PartyBets Dreads a Phil Ivey Win at the 2009 World Series of Poker Main Event
A PartyBets spokesman said that an Ivey win at the 2009 WSOP Main Event will be bad for the whole bookmaking industry. The spokesman added that they will face huge liabilities.
- PartyPoker to Hold Stewart Scott Qualifiers for 2010 Aussie Millions
Poker players can now take advantage of the 'Stewart Scott' qualifiers for the 2010 Aussie Millions on PartyPoker. The poker event will start on January 14th, 2010-January 31st, 2010.
- PokerStars Hosts New Poker Tour in Ireland and Great Britain
PokerStars launched the UKIPT on November 2nd, 2009. The first UKIPT tournament will be on December 11th, 2009. The Radisson Hotel will host the tournament.
- Kara Scott to Co-Host the 6th Season of the High Stakes Poker Tournament
Kara Scott is Gabe Kaplans new co-host for the 6th season of the HSP. The show will premiere on GSN on February 14th, 2010.
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- Daniel "Kid Poker" Negreanu Claims BC Poker Championships Title
Daniel Kid Poker Negreanu outlasted 689 other players over four days at the Main Event of No Limit Texas Hold'em, winning the 2008 BC Poker Championships title and the top prize of $371,910 on Sunday…
- Upcoming WSOP to deliver a number of firsts
The 2008 World Series of Poker begins on Friday at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, and when it does, it will mark several firsts for the WSOP.For the first time, the WSOP will offer a t…
- NBC Signs Four-Year Deal with Caesars Entertainment
Tourney Will Be Held at Caesars Palace Through 2012Chris Ferguson is the most-recent NBC National Heads-Up Championship winnerNBC announced that it has signed a four-year agreement with Caesars Entert…
- Owner of UltimateBet Confirms Security Breach
Former Employees Had Access to Opponents' Holecards for 21 MonthsTokwiro Enterprises, the company that owns both Absolute Poker and UltimateBet, today released a statement confirming that cheating had…
- Phil Hellmuth, Doyle Brunson Ranked Among the WSOP Greats
Phil Hellmuth could very well get his 12th bracelet at this year's World Series of Poker. In the world of professional poker, there are few as great as the brash Hellmuth. He is what Tiger Woods is to…
- 2008 World Series of Poker Schedule
While the main event of the 2008 World Series of Poker begins on July 3rd, 2008, the full slate begins May 30th with the World Championship Pot Limit Hold'em ($10k buyin, 3 day event). For poker afici…
- Daniel Negreanu Unveils His New Poker Training System - PokerVT.com
Las Vegas, Nevada, Wednesday, May 21, 2008 – Daniel Negreanu reveals the secrets that have led to his $10 million in tournament winnings worldwide. He unveils his sought-after Small Ball strategy an…
- Multi-tabling Sit n Go Tournaments - How many is too many?
How many SNG’s is too many to play at one time? First, let’s squash the notion that playing 1 SNG at a time is even feasible. If you’ve never played more than one table at a time, you might be w…
- A Comprehensive Look at the WSOP Final Table Delay – Part Two
Yesterday, in Part One of our look at the WSOP final table delay, we examined the differences to the schedule this change would cause. In addition, we looked at the opportunities available and challen…
- A Comprehensive Look at the WSOP Final Table Delay – Part One
By now, everyone in poker has heard about the new format for this year's WSOP Main Event. The final table will be delayed several months to be shown nearly live on ESPN. It's a bold and controversial…
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- Raided poker room applies for permit
AN ILLEGAL poker room raided by police in Cagayan de Oro last year wants to operate again, this time with government permit. read more
- Armed robbers target high-stakes poker game in Nanuet home, steal $15,000
NANUET A group of bandana-wearing robbers held up a high-stakes poker game early this morning, stealing $15,000 in proceeds, among other items.
- New French Poker Sites Record High Traffic
French poker sites have ranked well against rival sites from other countries this week, in the first measure of the market since new laws were introduced in France in June.
- Poker tournament for oil spill victims
A charity poker tournament will be held Saturday night at at the Palm Beach Kennel Club to help raise money for oil spill relief efforts.
- Poker: It's a whole new game for greyhound track
A new state law effective July 1 made no-limit poker legal at all 23 state-sanctioned poker rooms.
- Poker game robber gets 10 years in jail
A man found guilty of robbing a high stakes poker game was sentenced to 10 years in prison for his role in stealing about $11,000 from the players.
- Memorial poker ride set for Saturday
CASHMERE A poker ride in honor of Kathy (Eadie) Robertson, a Cashmere resident who died April 12, will be held Saturday. The ride begins at Club Crow, 108-1/2 Cottage Ave., in Cashmere. Sign-up starts…
- Men playing poker shoot bullet into Fort Mill neighbor's townhome
Two men were sitting around drinking beer and playing poker early Thursday when one of them shot a hole in the wall of a neighbor's townhouse.
- Fox Poker Club and PKR.com Join Forces
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM--(Marketwire - 07/30/10) - Online poker site PKR.com and the Fox Poker Club have signed a sponsorship deal for London's first fully licensed poker venue. The new venture - The F…
- New poker site ready to be Unleashed
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Unleashed Poker , the latest member of the Cake Poker Network to open its tables to the world's poker players, has vowed to give their players unparalleled customer care.
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- Armed robbers target high-stakes poker game in Nanuet home, steal $15000 - The Journal News | LoHud.com
Armed robbers target high-stakes poker game in Nanuet home, steal $15000The Journal News | LoHud.comNANUET — A group of bandana-wearing robbers held up a high-stakes poker game early this morning, .…
- Poker Book Review – Lost Vegas by Paul McGuire - CardPlayer.com
CardPlayer.comPoker Book Review – Lost Vegas by Paul McGuireCardPlayer.comThrough his myriad blogs covering poker, music, road trips and bacon (!) this prolific writer from New York was a breath of…
- Poker: It's a whole new game for greyhound track - The News-Press
Poker: It's a whole new game for greyhound trackThe News-PressA new state law effective July 1 made no-limit poker legal at all 23 state-sanctioned poker rooms. So more players are bringing their A-ga…
- Bikes and Badges poker run set for Aug. 7 - Longview Daily News
Bikes and Badges poker run set for Aug. 7Longview Daily NewsWhat: A charity poker run to benefit the Cowlitz County Chaplaincy, sponsored by the local law enforcement bike group Bikes and Badges. ...a…
- The Nightly Turbo: PokerStars Launches Women's Poker League, WPT's Search for ... - PokerNews.com
Poker Room ReviewThe Nightly Turbo: PokerStars Launches Women's Poker League, WPT's Search for ...PokerNews.comKick off your shoes, fire up an poker table or two on your favorite online poker site, an…
- Online Poker PartyGaming and bwin to Merge in 2011 - Suite101.com
RTE.ieOnline Poker PartyGaming and bwin to Merge in 2011Suite101.comThis is a major shift in the world of online gambling and especially online poker as this merger will help solidify PartyGaming's Pa…
- 2010 World Series of Poker November Nine Profile -- Joseph Cheong - CardPlayer.com
CardPlayer.com2010 World Series of Poker November Nine Profile -- Joseph CheongCardPlayer.comAs a student at the University of California San Diego, Joseph Cheong used to fund his modest poker ...Curr…
- August 2010 Poker Tournament Trail Preview - CardPlayer.com
August 2010 Poker Tournament Trail PreviewCardPlayer.comAugust is a month that always starts slow with a post-World Series of Poker haze that is devoid of major ...SOLOMON: Yale poker star Selbst layi…
- Online poker gambling creeping toward legalization? - Washington Post (blog)
The GuardianOnline poker gambling creeping toward legalization?Washington Post (blog)The House Financial Services Committee approved a bill on Wednesday under which Internet gambling operators could g…
- ESPN Begins 2010 World Series of Poker Season - CardPlayer.com
News-Sports.net (press release)ESPN Begins 2010 World Series of Poker SeasonCardPlayer.comThe new season of the World Series of Poker begins tonight at 8 pm ET on ESPN. The first two-hour episode will…
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POKER BLOGS
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- Shine Bright
“This little light of mine, I’m going to let it shine, let it shine, let it shine...” read more
- Morals & Ethics
In my day job, I’m required to follow various ethical guidelines. I have a license, and the Office of Professional Responsibility, the agency which administers my license, could revoke it if I do…
- Tilt Education
Poker is just one of those mental pursuits where even the best in the world can turn to jelly in seconds. I’ve seen it happen in real life to pros, to my friends, and to myself. When you begin to s…
- The $500 Dollar Poker Challenge: Part 2
“Nobody is always a winner, and anybody who says he is, is either a liar or doesn’t play poker.”—Amarillo Slim Preston In my last article, “The $500 Poker Challenge, Part One,” I expla…
- Dancing Away With the Chips: The Hold’em Two-Step for Limit Players
In hold’em, there are only three made hands before the flop: A-A, K-K, and Q-Q. They can win without further improvement much of the time, although Q-Q is on the cusp. If an ace or king falls, pock…
- Poker Player Overcomes Bad Beat: Part 1
Donnie Vann started playing poker in the ninth grade on a junior high trip to Washington, D.C., when he was about ten years old. Donnie played off and on, but about five years ago, he became caught u…
- Flipping Out
In Texas hold’em, if one player begins the hand with a wired pair and his lone opponent holds two overcards both larger than that pair, this is said to be a coin flip. Before the flop each player h…
- Part 160: Predictability
Back in the day when I was a regular member of a dedicated group of players that got together every Friday night to play our cherished game, we all got to know each other’s moves pretty well. We wo…
- Tony Holden’s International Federation of Poker: Working to Build Respectability for the Game
Poker has been accepted as a mind sport by the International Mind Sport Association (IMSA). The decision came April 29, the first anniversary of the International Federation of Poker’s founding in L…
- Today’s word is... OVERPAIR
We’ve just added the updated Michael Wiesenberg's MCU Official Dictionary of Poker exclusively to my new Poker1.com web site. You’ll probably want to bookmark it, because it’s the most compelli…
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- Playing Cowboy Days 10-13: Birthdays and Girl Scouts
Saturday, my birthday, we somehow didn’t have any rides going out at all. The break was welcome to everybody on staff however, and gave us an opportunity to catch up on some things and take it easy…
- Playing Cowboy, Days 6-9: Cowboy Up
I’m sitting here on a Friday afternoon at the ranch trying to come up with what I did on Tuesday and can’t for the life of me. It feels like aeons ago. Every day here is so exciting, and the e…
- Playing Cowboy, Days 3-5: Lessons and New Experiences
My first morning started out early, 7am, and I felt great. Woke up to a dude hackin in the outhouse. I was out of my tent by the time he finished and he looks like he belongs here, kinda resemblin…
- Playing Cowboy Days 1-2: Monument Valley and Mesa Verde
I finally got out of my apartment shortly after noon on Thursday. Google maps said that I was 7.5hrs from Monument Valley, and my goal was to get there by sunset. I headed north on the 15 through…
- Playing Cowboy: Prep
Ever since January I’ve been planning this journey that I’m beginning tomorrow. In 2003 I moved to Colorado to take on a job title of “Adventure Guide” and work full time in the outdoor indu…
- 2010 WSOP: The End
I chose the worst month possible to run terribly. I mean there wasn’t anything I could do. I made one straight or better, flopped it, and it ran out a four flush. I still won the pot but missed a bi…
- Fourth of July Weekend
Friday night I played in and busted the $2500. I don’t really remember what happened and don’t really care, I’m just glad that June is over. Such a disappointing month. Saturday I woke up, clean…
- 2010 WSOP Days 33-35: The End Before the Main
Momentum? Nah. I won a few pots though, however I still ran hideously. I doubled up in the 2nd level when at 50-100 this dude limped, bringing along a couple other limpers, and I found aces in the big…
- 2010 WSOP Days 29-32
The BBQ that I went to intent on forgetting how bad I ran turned into an early escape so I didn’t end up passing out in their backyard or ride my motorcycle drunk. I finally got some cash to stick t…
- 2010 WSOP Days 26-28
Sigh FML etc. It’s that week where it’s official that you’re not doing well if you’re not doing well and almost everybody isn’t doing well. Seriously very few people I know have done anythin…
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- Some Thoughts on H.R. 2267
I'm not going to write a summary of H.R. 2267, as that has been covered by many others already. If you're looking for general information about the bill written by my fellow bloggers, I recommend read…
- Hard Rock Detox Poker Series Shares
I am planning to play in several events in the Hard Rock Detox Poker Series. This is another tournament series run by Matt Savage and his team, which means that there are plenty of non-NLH events.I am…
- Sometimes All It Takes Is One
I played a relatively brief cash session at the Wynn over the weekend. The Wynn? Yeppers. I had gone to Sinatra (not worth the price) and Le Reve (beautiful) the night before and decided to accompany…
- What I've Been Doing This Summer
Yes, I've been on a blogging hiatus.If you follow me on Twitter, you probably noticed that I played a fair number of tournaments this summer. You probably also noticed that #dayjobsucks dropped from m…
- Day 1 Recap: 2010 Venetian Deep Stack III Event #33 $550
Date: June 24, 2010Entrants: 696Prizepool: $335,820 (63 paid)It all started with a text message from Jamyhawk. His wife won a seat in WSOP Event #45 ($1,500 NLH) through their local poker club, but he…
- Venetian Deep Stack $550 Event
Quick post.I finished 4th. 696 entrants. Thrilled with my result considering that I was on the shorter side of life (about 18 BBs) at the start of Day 2 when there were still 43 players, and I had to…
- What's the Message Here?
As most my regular readers know, I do not support ladies events. I've already written several posts that focus on the subject of women in poker, all of which can be found here. There are already a ple…
- Temporary Hiatus
It's been a bit quiet around these parts.Some life stuff has come up recently, so I haven't really had time to write.Excuses. Yeah, I know.No need to be worried. Life's good.I'll be back in action in…
- UPDATED Summer Blogger Dates
We're two days away from the start of the WSOP! This is the updated list of blogger trips to Las Vegas this summer:Garth: 5/29-6/4 WSOP #7 (2-7 TD) Tuesday, June 1Columbo: 6/1-6/6 WSOP #8 (NLH) Wednes…
- Poker from the Rail Tournament: Hand Analysis
From Monday's post (scroll past the ****** for new content):There was one particularly interesting hand I played during the tournament. I don't normally go into hand history analysis on this blog, but…
- UPDATED Summer Blogger Dates
There are a few new updates regarding blogger trips to Las Vegas this summer. The list I have so far is as follows:Garth: 5/29-6/4 WSOP #7 (2-7 TD) Tuesday, June 1Hoy: 6/2-6/6 WSOP #8 (NLH) Wednesday,…
- BBT5 Poker from the Rail Tournament
Well, the number of chances I have to qualify for a BBT5 TOC seat is starting to dwindle. I'll probably miss the Mookie this week (high school friend in town) and I'm definitely missing the Invitation…
- MiniFTOPS Main Event Cash
I feel like I played a pretty solid game in all of my events today. Unfortunately, I ran into some ridiculously bad suckouts in key spots in other tourneys, but my reads were pretty good, my aggressio…
- Making Little of My Freerolls
Out of the 8 SCOOP events I could have entered using my WBCOOP freeroll tickets, so far I only have a small cash in the SCOOP 10-L (stud hi) event. I had to miss a number of events due to work / life…
- 2010 WSOP Pool
I'm once again participating in HighOnPoker's WSOP pool. The premise is quite simple. Each person picks 5 players (horsies). You get 1 point per horsie final table and 3 points per horsie bracelet.Her…
- UPDATED Summer Blogger Dates
Here's the latest and greatest re: blogger trips to Las Vegas this summer.Hoy: 6/2-6/6 WSOP #8 (NLH) Wednesday, June 2JoeSpeaker: 6/12/6/16 WSOP #24 (NLH) Day 1B Sunday June 13Katie: 6/13-6/21 WSOP #3…
- Still Working on My Tournament Game
I thought I was going to live blog the Poker from the Rail Tournament, but I found myself in two small-stakes tourneys on PokerStars. Still working on my NLH tournament game, so I figured I'd put in s…
- My Sunday Grind
All I have to show for it is this.
- SCOOP 10-L (Stud-Hi)
More to come after my brain is no longer fried.Final hand I had a flush (with redraw to straight flush) against two-pair. Villain rivered full.
- Live Blogging BBT Poker from the Rail Event #8
After taking a break yesterday, I'm back to live blogging the BBT5. The Poker from the Rail tournament kicks off at 7pm PT. Don't forget to tune into Buddy Dank Radio!7:00pm PT - Starting table.7:06pm…
- Tweaker
Although I've known it for a while, I never did much of anything about it until recently.My poker game fell into a rut.I might have been playing profitably, but I wasn't playing optimally.I remained i…
- UPDATED Summer Blogger Dates
Here's the updated information for the who, when, where re: blogger trips to Las Vegas this summer.Hoy: 6/2-6/6 WSOP #8 (NLH) Wednesday, June 2Katie: 6/14-6/19 WSOP #31 (HORSE) Wednesday, June 16Cmitc…
- Live Blogging BBT5 Mookie Event #6
Aaaaaaand, we're back. I'll be live blogging the BBT5 Mookie tournament starting at 7:00pm PT. Don't forget to tune into Buddy Dank Radio!7:00pm PT - Starting table!7:04pm PT - Ummmmm, I'm out already…
- SCOOOOOOOP!
I was only able to play one event in the most recent WBCOOP, but I finished 27th / 2,062 in the Main Event to win a T$215 SCOOP ticket.The kind folks at PokerStars were willing to break down my T$215…
- Live Blogging BBT Poker from the Rail Event #5
Live blogging of the BBT5 Poker from the Rail tournament will kick off at 7:00pm PT.7:00pm PT - Here's my starting table!7:12pm PT - You know what they say about crubs, right?7:14pm PT - Lucko's A4 fa…
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- Jared Bleznick screen name harrington25 posts 100k win
Capped Limit Omaha games have been the new craze in the online poker world. Friday was no different as four different tables of this high stakes action took place on Full Tilt Poker. As usual, the big…
- John Racener Biography
John Racener Bio John Racener Photo John Racener is an American professional poker player born in 1985 in Dunedin Florida. Racener is one of the final nine in the 2010 World Series of Poker. The 24 ye…
- Brian Hastings and Brian Townsend aka sbrugby post wins
The big Full Tilt Poker high limit mixed games went off again on Tuesday. The first of the two big tables going off saw David Oppenheim take on Brian Townsend screen name ’sbrugby.’ The first hand…
- Jonathan Duhamel Chip leader of the 2010 November Nine
Jonathan Duhamel Bio Jonathan Duhamel Photo Jonathan Duhamel is a Canadian born professional poker player, born in 1987 is from the city of Boucherville. Like many young poker players Jonathan Duhamel…
- 2010 November Nine Jonathan Duhamel leads with 65m chips
Twenty seven players returned for Day 8 of the 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event. Several big names started the day including Michael Mizrachi, Scott Clements, Adam Levy, Hasan Habib, and Johnny L…
- 2010 November Nine
2010 November Nine 1 Jonathan Duhamel 65,975,000 Boucherville QC Canada 2 John Dolan 46,250,000 Bonita Springs FL United States 3 Joseph Cheong 23,525,000 La Mirada CA United States 4 John Racener 19,…
- Michael Mizrachi “The Grinder” Among Chip Leaders With 85 Players Remaining
Money Bubble Burst, Chan Falls, and Michael Mizrachi Grinding Among Chip Leaders Michael Mizrachi when he had 6 million The action has been intense at the 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event. After…
- 2010 WSOP Main Event Day 6 Table draws and chip counts
2010 WSOP Main Event Day 6 Table draws and chip counts Day 6 Table Draws: Table 317 Seat 1: Michael Mizrachi (1793000) Seat 2: David Peters (961000) Seat 3: James Manning (891000) Seat 4: Pascal LeFra…
- 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event day 1
The 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event kicked off on Monday with the first of four Day 1 starts. Greg Raymer was on hand to give the customary “shuffle up and deal” command and play was underwa…
- Huck Seed wins the 2010 WSOP Tournament of Champions!
Full Tilt Poker pro Huck seed wins the 2010 World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions for $500,000 and a shiny Corvette! Howard Lederer finishes 2nd and grabs a nice little bit of cash himself $25…
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- WSOP Event #20 - Part Two
When I last left off my WSOP Event report, I had just paid off the nut full house with second nut full house. Not only did my chip stack drop to roughly the 1800 range, but I kept thinking that I shou…
- Interim - Sirens
I have the second part of my WSOP / Vegas trip coming, but I just can't find the time to put in the work for a decent post. So, I give you an evolution of Sirens in metal. Pretty much the same topic i…
- WSOP Event #20
I'm a firm believer in the fact that poker is a psychological game. It's all a matter of how your ability to decipher the proper information from the poker table is affected by everything else that's…
- Writers
WSOP Report coming, honest....in the meantime....A couple of folks I know are writing or have written some really good stuff lately. First, in case you haven't already heard, Pauly finally has his boo…
- Day 1
First things first. Before I start my trip report, I'm going to have to take some time to thank TheMark once again. His generosity in allowing me to stay in the other half of his Rio suite for this tr…
- Back from Vegas
I'm back, just posting a bullet list of items I should be covering in future posts so that I don't forget them...Day 1 - Early thoughts, Satellites, Cash PLODay 2 - WSOP Event #20, $1500 PLODay 3 - Ve…
- Off To The Races
For those interested, a quick update.Leaving Wednesday to Vegas to play in the WSOP Event #20, $1500 PLO. Some folks were gracious enough to offer me stakes, and I've enabled a Twitter feed in the upp…
- Cutting Your Feet On The Hard Earth Running
For a refresher - you may want to re-read this: Proposition WagerBack when the prop bet was made, the race up in Gaffney was scheduled for July 10th. Sometime between then and now, they rescheduled th…
- In Case You Were Wondering
Wed, Jun 9, 2010 Arrive: 12:59 pm Las Vegas, NV (LAS)
- R.I.P. RJD
He'll know for the first time if he's evil or divine.
- Young Again
I was a junior in high school in 1985. I was deeply engulfed in the hair metal scene, even though later in life I'd be forced to shave all of mine off every 2 weeks. My favorite album at the time was…
- Metal Monday
Simple riff. Executed masterfully. Great sounding live clip, and don't forget to listen to the sick double bass at 4:35 comprising the intro to Clayman.
- I Enjoy This Immensely
You probably won't. 2:03 mark and it's riff-time.
- End of Trip: Tattoo You
It all ended with TheMark twitpic'ing the photo below and asking why would a half naked man be standing outside the Atlantic City airport. Here's how it would begin.http://twitpic.com/1ewkra****You ca…
- Trip Report Interruption
I am postponing further trip reports from Atlantic City to post some pretty sweet action.First, props to AlCantHang, not like he needed them, but still, props anyway.Looks like my Sundays, Mondays, an…
- Master of Magnetism
Continuing with the use of sayings with the word last in them, I offer you this: He who laughs last, laughs best.Since it was still early in the trip, I would be laughing first. The three of us travel…
- Degeneracy at 30,000 Feet
Lee Haney used to say, Last set, best set, whenever he was referring to the last exercise of his weightlifting workouts. The reason I bring it up is because most road trips start out with such high an…
- Promotion
Prior to Mastodon Weekend, TheMark told me that he had a poker apparel company lined up to contribute towards our evening of poker at Azia's. Well, that company came through in a big way for us, provi…
- Pain for Pleasure
I wrote Otis an email documenting the game last night at Gucci Rick's:Some people find pleasure in other's pain. Not that I think you're one of those people, but if there's a small bit of yourself tha…
- A Virtual Stack, A Virtual Story. Rush Poker Edition
It's been a couple of months now that Rush Poker on Full Tilt has been available. There have already been many posts by those of us who've tried it, many positive and many negative. Now, lucky reader,…
- Mastodon / Metal
Let me just say Mastodon Weekend was a resounding success. From Thursday's 5-star dinner at Rick Erwins, to Friday's poker marathon at Azia's, to Saturday's Trivia Contest / Bar Crawl, not a whole hel…
- State of the G-Game
No, I'm not stuttering. The G-Game is simply a reference to our lovely town of G-Vegas and the poker community herein. It's now been about four years or so since I started playing semi-seriously in va…
- Welcome to eBlood
Before I go eBay or craigslist this stuff, I figured I'd post here about a couple of items I have for sale. No reasonable offer refused and I'll take PayPal, Stars, or Tilt transfers. Just looking to…
- Running Update
I will be crushing G-Rob in our bet. Just an FYI. With that said, I will be posting songs from my Master Run playlist. I have 52:30 of music on a playlist all set for my run. I promised PokerPeaker I'…
- SuperBowl Party
If you know me, then you probably know TheMark. He's the G-Vegas version of Tony Soprano. He gets things done and he knows how to throw a party.On SuperBowl Sunday - February 7th for those of you unaw…
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- The Long and Winding Recap
WSOP Event 54. $1000 No Limit Hold 'em Tournament. 3,844 players entered. First hand. Human being under the gun raises to 75. Everyone sitting between us folds. I look down at pocket ki…
- Cliff Notes Version
I came in 217th of the 3844 players who entered event 54.I came in 16th of the 246 players in a main event satellite that awarded 12 seats.In a parallel universe I am still there playing. In this one…
- One More Lottery Ticket Please
I am going to play a WSOP event in the next week. My loose aggressive character, the maniac who appears to play too many hands is well rehearsed. He's almost too believable. Like an undercover…
- Human Zoo Part II
My wife and I saw another house for rent this past weekend. Strangely enough when we met the owner outside he warned us that inside the place was a complete mess. The excuse this time? Professional sl…
- Human Zoo
Last month my wife and I drove up into one of the beautiful canyons that surrounds LA to see a house for lease. As we pulled into the driveway the rental agent came over to warn us that inside the pla…
- One Lottery Ticket Please Part VI
The prerequisite reading:part I part II part III part IV part V And now presented without further commercial interruption: the final installment of my award winning recap of playing in World Series of…
- One Lottery Ticket Please Part V
I gotta finish this story at some point. Right? For my own sanity. If you're late to the party there's part 1 part 2.part 3part 4and now part 5 below. Enjoy. 6:24 PM. The good news is only 1170 of the…
- One Lottery Ticket Please Part IV
This is part 4 of my recap of playing in WSOP event 51. I'm unintentionally setting a world's record for longest time to complete a blog entry and would like to apologize to Walter Cronkite and others…
- One Lottery Ticket Please Part III
This is part 3 of my recap of playing in WSOP event 51. If you're gonna spend your hard earned time reading it, I suggest you start here first. I only offer this advice because I'm looking out for you…
- One Lottery Ticket Please Part II
Friday June 26th. 11:50 PM. I see the lights of Vegas from the 15. Tonight I appreciate my arrival more than usual as I've driven in tandem with some of the worst drivers ever. If these guys are playi…
- One Lottery Ticket Please
By now I'm sure you're all tired of hearing my publicist explain how I'm waiting till 2011 to get back into the poker scene. It went a little too far this week when In Touch magazine included me in th…
- Progress
When you play online poker there's something real nice about how complete strangers from all over the world will take the time to share their deepest thoughts and feelings with you in the text box. Th…
- Basic Strategy
Hand after hand the worse cards win. We've all seen it. Not in the long run of course. In the long run the better cards will win. Sklansky and others assure us of this. Just not right now. It's okay.…
- Just Robert being Robert
I traded for Manny Ramirez this morning in my fantasy baseball league. I wasn't scared off at all by his 50 game suspension for testing positive for performance enhancement drugs. In fact hearing that…
- Sorry Dave
I'd like to apologize to my friend Dave. For at least a month now (truthfully much longer) I've been emailing him my bad beats. I want to show him how unfair poker has been to me. Even though I know b…
- Peeing and Poker
I've never had to pee during a road trip. Oh sure, when others needed to stop there were a few times where I might have taken advantage. There's 120 hours of footage documenting my driving around the…
- That Old Familiar Feeling
I can stomach lots of bad beats in a day. In a week. In a life. That poker skill is way more important than people tell you. I'm pretty damn good about controlling my emotions. But I do have a breakin…
- I'm Right and You're Wrong
Trying to discuss limit hold em strategy with poker players is like trying to discuss evolution with monkeys. Or in this case, donkeys.
- Poker by Analogy #6,432,069
Playing suited connectors is a lot like going to a strip club. If you can get in for free and don't have to buy any drinks then it's absolutely great. I like to see the flop as much as the next guy. H…
- 2011
My secret is I'm quietly preparing for the 2011 World Series of Poker. I'm seeing the game on a new level. I'm finally able to get inside the head of players who play as I did in 2006. I completely un…
- Over One Billion Served
I finally hit the one billion mark for poker hands played. Thank you very much. Please don't send any gifts. The knowledge I've gained is my reward. What have I learned from one billion hands of poker…
- The Roaches Know
Here's something I read today on how roaches obviously understand game theory. Roaches know you've gotta raise with a variety of holdings. That's why they've been around for so long. If roaches only r…
- Push Ups
Raising is difficult to do but good for you. The more I raise, the more chips I acquire. When I raise with mediocre holdings it disturbs everyone at the table. Kind of like I'm breaking the rules. Peo…
- Getting Back In The Flow
I haven't played nearly enough poker since leaving Las Vegas in August. How much isn't enough?-Once at Harrahs Rincon near San Diego in September.-A second time at the Blerge in Brooklyn in October. -…
- What would Larry David do?
I have 42 poker books book sitting on my shelf and that's not even counting my autographed copy of T.J. Cloutier's Hold 'Em book that my friend Joe borrowed from me back in 2005. Lets say I were to vi…
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- One Step At A Time
The application for the Vet. Tech. program has been sent and my transcripts should be on the way soon but I still have an interesting conundrum to consider. Only 40 applicants get accepted to the prog…
- I Have A Plan
One thing that volunteering at the wildlife center has done is reminded me how much I love animals and how at peace I am with myself when I am around them. There is something about feeding a tiny bird…
- Focus
Tonight I was not a very focused person. Not that I needed to be but I can tell the difference between normal non-focused and completely out of my mind non-focused. I was completely out of my mind. At…
- "Have you thought of getting into writing?"
It has been over 20 years since I have seen him or spoken to him and after just a few e-mails that was his question. I apparently have a remarkable turn of phrase and a way with words and he thinks I…
- "Screw 'em!"
Well, that seemed to be the consensus to my earlier thoughts. Actually, that was the conclusion I came to as well. Life is to short to care about what others think and the fact that some people may no…
- Thoughts While Walking
Welcome back! It's been a long time since I wrote anything of substance on this blog but, hopefully, this is about to change. While on my walk today I decided to try something new, a regular series th…
- Are you ready for Vegas??
Yes, I know one pic has nothing to do with Vegas and another pic is sideways, at least I posted something.
- Not The Way Things Should Be
Let's face it, in a perfect world we expect our parents to die before we do. It's the way things should be and, truthfully, if we have to think about the how, we picture our parents in their nineties…
- My Last Bad Decision
Last December while I was in Vegas with the bloggers, I made it very clear that I was broke and lots of people stepped up and bought me drinks, dinners, and just really made me feel good and bad all a…
- In A Daze
I had hope that the New Year would be better, that I had hit the bottom and could only go up but, apparently, I was wrong. This year has not gotten better and I feel like the hole is just getting de…
- TV Rant - Grey's Anatomy
WARNING: There may be spoilers, read at your own risk.I love Jeffrey Dean Morgan. He plays a hot dead guy and, let's face it, playing dead has kind of become his niche, but his storyline on Grey's h…
- Estella Toby Jipson Eaton
This is my great-grandmother on her 100th birthday this past April. A few days later there was a huge party with a couple hundred members of her family. She had a brand new dress for the occassion…
- Morning Walk Musings: Off to School, Part 1
This morning, while on my walk, I sent out the following twitter:Extra layer of warmth for walk today was a smart move. Still not as cold as when I would walk a mile in the snow, uphill, to school.I'm…
- Almost Time
In less than 12 hours I will be in the airport awaiting my flight to Vegas. Although I'm somewhat excited, I'm also a little frustrated to be more limited in my spending than usual. Let's face it,…
- At the Airport
I'm sitting here, contemplating life. That's what I do when I'm so tired that I can barely keep my head up. I didn't get to sleep last night as early as I wanted because I remembered I hadn't chec…
- Tired
I'm at work and could fall asleep at any moment, not that anyone would notice. I have the office all to myself and there is a nice comfy gurney in the corner. We also have a keypad entry to the de…
- Let me rephrase that...
When I said I shouldn't go to Vegas I meant to add that since the non-refundable tickets and room are paid for, I will still be going. I'll just be eating off the dollar menu at McD's instead of Cra…
- Stuck
This was going to be a post about how broke I am and how I shoudn't go to Vegas but it sounded way to whiney and pathetic so I deleted it.How's that for my first post in over a month?
- Drama, Part 2
Before I get into the ridiculous thing that happened next in the story let me set-up a little background. My soon-to-be ex-step-father is a big man. He is about 6 feet tall and over 300 pounds. …
- Drama, Part One
I've been back from Maine for 2 weeks and in that time I've had a sinus infection and a bad allergic reaction to not one, but 2 drugs. This is all just part of the joy of being me I guess.I went to…
- How...
I'm supposed to head back to California next Thursday. While I'm thrilled to get back to my life, I'm not sure it's the right time to leave. The family drama isn't close to being over and in some…
- Not Much Time
It always amazes me how quickly things can change. I've spent my morning getting my stuff together for a last minute flight to Maine. There is some family drama going on that needs my personal att…
- It's a Miracle
Yes, I'm actually blogging. I hope my faithful reader doesn't bump her head when she faints from the shock. I'm actually playing poker at the moment as well. That's 2 miracles at once, you don't…
- Thank You Poker!
Poker, I just wanted to thank you for making my first SNG in over a month so memorable. Actually the last hand was really the only memorable part. I mean, 4 people all-in and I have the best hand pre-…
- Dear Poker,
I know you miss me, I miss you too but if you knew about all the crap I went through last month I think you'd understand.It all started with a trip to the emergency room. I was having chest pain and i…
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- Just Conjecturin', Volume 20: The Carpenter Connection
It's been a while since I wrote about the Absolute Poker cheating scandal, but as I return from a brief hiatus today that seems like a good place to resume. Sometimes it's best to wait to see the effe…
- Just Conjecturin', Vol. 19: The Real Problem with the UB Hand Histories
Sorry for the bloggus interruptus, folks, but between the part-time gig and an emergency family trip to Wisconsin for ten days in mid-June, this stuff had to take a back seat. I also wanted to give Ch…
- Holloway Killing Suspect at LAPT Peru?
I just caught this on the Yahoo! newswire, via an AP feed:[By FRANKLIN BRICENO, Associated Press Writer Franklin Briceno, Associated Press Writer]LIMA, Peru – A young Dutchman previously arrested in…
- Just Conjecturin', Volume 18: Fakes a-Plenty Among the KGC 31
I'm jumbling my planned order of posts this fine Friday morning to address the news that Wicked Chops Poker is planning on releasing what is believed to be a partial list of 15 names/accounts associat…
- Just Conjecturin', Volume 17: The Real Story of the UltimateBet Refunds
By the time all was officially said and done in the UltimateBet scandal, two waves of refunds had been issued, for a combined total of over $22 million. That number alone is staggering, and the exact…
- Just Conjecturin', Volume 16: The Curious Case of 'brainwashdodo'
"Dodo is a former UB employee. He was a $4 hr CS agent with a brain. He knew he had the goods to blackmail. He went to AP first and they said so what. Go tell. They didn't realize what he had. He is b…
- Just Conjecturin', Volume 15: The Graycat File
Last time out, I relayed screen grabs connected to the 2007 cheating incidents at Absolute Poker that confirmed the hypotheses that the primary cheater at AP was Scott Tom and that much of the informa…
- Just Conjecturin', Volume 14: More Snared Images from Absolute
When last we left the topic of Absolute Poker's 2007 scandal, readers were presented a handful of screen grabs obtained from internal 'ieSnare' glimpses of account activity. The capability to these ie…
- Just Conjecturin', Volume 13: Absolute and the Snared Screen Names
In its official report of January 18th, 2008, the Kahnawake Gaming Commmission identified seven accounts that were connected to the online cheating at Absolute Poker during August and September of 200…
- Just Conjecturin', Volume 12: The Absolute Scandal and the Day Occam Rolled Over in His Grave
One of the things that was amusing to me when I was recently forwarded information on the Absolute Poker online scandal was that attached to the account information for "PotRipper" was a screen grab,…
- Just Conjecturin', Volume 11: Meanwhile, Over at Absolute Poker, It Seems Scott Tom Really Did It
You'll pardon this interruption from the ongoing conjecture about the UltimateBet online cheating scandal to visit the similar situation that unfolded during the same era at then-not-quite-sister-site…
- Just Conjecturin', Volume 10: Defaults and Dividends, Chorus #2
Second verse, same as the first? Several readers have pointed out to me two recent public documents regarding entities connected to the Ultimate Bet -- UB.com these days -- online cheating scandal. Th…
- A Bit of Poker, A Lot of Trivia
Last weekend was my annual migration to Stevens Point, WI for the World's Largest Trivia Contest. This contest has run for 41 years, and I've played for the last 18 or 20, the last 12 or 14 on the sam…
- Dear PokerStars...
You can turn off the doomswitch any fucking time now. It's been months of run-cold -- ridiculous beats by the hundreds and enough coolers to chill drinks for the next Super Bowl. Enough is enough.*sig…
- Silly Happy Poker and More
Spring is in the air... finally... and while for me that includes participation in the World's Largest Trivia Contest (Stevens Point, WI), it also gave me the chance to stop in with my old trivia frie…
- Kahnawake Gaming Commission Identifies Authorities Assisting Ongoing Investigation in UltimateBet Scandal
The Kahnawake Gaming Commission today confirmed its ongoing efforts in the long-running UltimateBet online poker scandal by releasing a roster of noted authorities to whom information regarding indivi…
- Just Conjecturin’, Part 9: The 'Shut Up and Settle, Dammit' Scene
Thanks to the infighting and legal positioning connected to the sale of UltimateBet software owner Excapsa, and that firm's subsequent movement into what's now become a suspect liquidation status, obs…
- LOLStars
One of the benefits of my new part-time job is that it's poker-related, and I often have call to use my own e-mail account to assist in doing a slightly updated "sneaker net" version of shuffling vari…
- Just Conjecturin’, Part 8: Make That the 83% Solution
A piece at a time, the ownership package behind Excapsa (software-parent holding company for online poker/blackjack concern UltimateBet) continues to fall into place. While this is only a means to an…
- Just Conjecturin', Part...7?? (Help Me, KevMath, Help Me)
One of the questions regarding the transfer of UB operations from Excapsa to Blast-Off around the end of 2006 is, how clean have the new management's hands been in dealing with the online cheating sca…
- Earthquake? In Illinois?
I know, ho-hum to you left coasters, but we don't get 'em here except for this morning. I was sleeping on the couch, and a very loud boom woke me up. I sat up, and everything shook back and forth for…
- Inside Barry's Hand Histories, Part 3
Back again with a bit more on the Barry/Mimi hand histories, which have become the topic of some conversation. When last I posted, I’d become aware that Seebs had mentioned my blog and ongoing resea…
- The Choppy UB Hand Histories, Part Whatever (Maybe Barry's Histories, Part 2?)
Got an e-mail from KevMath a few minutes ago, along with two that purported to be from Joe Sebok but were instead just porn and/or pharm spam. (I've got Joe's contact stuff anyhow, so that's just sort…
- Big Brother is Sending Cheap Mailers
A friend of mine showed me this mailing he received from his bank last week. Meh:
- Inside the UB Hand Histories, Part 1
"Sent down for the expert again, and this time he struck a most dazzling idea--he fixed the thing so that opening the kitchen door would take off the alarm. It was a noble idea, and he charged accordi…
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- Guess the casino, #585
To reveal the hidden answer, use your mouse to highlight the space immediately after the word Answer below.Answer: Aria
- Define "celebrity"
There's a full-page ad in the current issue of Card Player magazine for a Celebrity Poker Tournament to be held at the Firelake Grand Casino in Shawnee, Oklahoma.Here's who they boast will be attendin…
- Because I'm a little geeky, that's why
I just made a decision. The next time I have quad aces, I am going to either say out loud or in the chat box (depending on venue, obviously), All your ace are belong to us.
- Good enough
Would have been nice to take this one all the way, but I'm OK with a $184.80 - $22 = $162.80 profit for three hours' play. Thanks to the railbirds who saw the Tweets and joined me at the end.
- Guess the casino, #584
To reveal the hidden answer, use your mouse to highlight the space immediately after the word Answer below.Answer: Texas Station
- Balkanization
I'm not sure why I'm spending so much time on the subject of HR 2267, since I'm highly dubious that it's going to get enacted into law. But sometimes I just get curious about something and have to fig…
- Strange language
I was just reading Todd Brunson's column in the July 28 Card Player magazine. It included this brief story about a mixed-game tournament he was playing, with Phil Hellmuth at the table:A few hands lat…
- A legal oddity
I was just skimming through the actual text of H.R. 2267 to tie up a few loose ends on my previous post, when I noticed something unexpected. I was looking for what I assumed would be a provision for…
- More on H.R. 2267
Yesterday I reiterated my opposition to any federal licensing scheme for online gambling on general principle.I should have also added that an independent, sufficient reason to be opposed to the idea…
- Guess the casino, #583
To reveal the hidden answer, use your mouse to highlight the space immediately after the word Answer below.Answer: Sandia
- Research on the best poker face
Pointer supplied by Cardgrrl:http://www.mindhacks.com/blog/2010/07/poker_face_science.html
- Slippery slopes
A convergence of events prompts me to pick this subject.First, last night I was reading the new issue of Card Player magazine. There's a news story about the broadening of Florida's laws to allow real…
- Guess the casino, #582
To reveal the hidden answer, use your mouse to highlight the space immediately after the word Answer below.Answer: Paris
- Poker gems, #381
Norman Chad, in WSOP broadcast, July 27, 2010, commenting on a hand in which brothers Robert and Michael Mizrachi squared off against each other.By the way, Lon, correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe…
- Where to play online?
As mentioned at the end of the last post, VegasRex announced today that he will be leaving town. As a consequence, he said that he's going to start exploring the previously uncharted territory of onli…
- Thanks, Rex
VegasRex has announced that he is pulling up stakes, so to speak, and moving off to the Northwest sometime soon.I've been thinking about this on and off today, trying to think of a way to express my t…
- Guess the casino, #581
To reveal the hidden answer, use your mouse to highlight the space immediately after the word Answer below.Answer: Mandalay Bay
- Guess the casino, #580
To reveal the hidden answer, use your mouse to highlight the space immediately after the word Answer below.Answer: Green Valley Ranch
- For introverts only
Here's a blog I just discovered that I think you'll like: The Introvert's Corner. I've just read the most recent half-dozen posts, and want to highlight most of them: Why introverts hate telephones, t…
- Guess the casino, #579
To reveal the hidden answer, use your mouse to highlight the space immediately after the word Answer below.Answer: Bellagio
- Guess the casino, #578
To reveal the hidden answer, use your mouse to highlight the space immediately after the word Answer below.Answer: Terrible's
- Here's something beautiful
(From a HORSE SNG last night.)I think that I shall never seeA poem lovely as a straight flush.Or something like that.
- Guess the casino, #577
To reveal the hidden answer, use your mouse to highlight the space immediately after the word Answer below.Answer: Sam's Town
- Bracelet race
Shamus just put up an interesting blog post about the bracelet race between Phil Hellmuth and Phil Ivey. For me this neatly coincided with having yesterday read an article by Storms Reback in the July…
- Guess the casino, #576
To reveal the hidden answer, use your mouse to highlight the space immediately after the word Answer below.Answer: Palms
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- Change is Coming
As a first step towards a larger blog/website revamping, I'm finally moving away from the awful Ipower company that's been hosting the blog. This should be a smooth transition that doesn't result in a…
- Final Tabled the Stars $300
Maybe I haven't forgotten how to play tournaments altogether? I went into yesterdays' session resolved not to LAG off too many stacks in my tournaments, and while I didn't entirely keep that pledge, I…
- Pot Odds!
Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $10.00 BB (6 handed) - Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.comButton ($1000)SB ($1195.75)Hero (BB) ($2396)UTG ($1232)MP ($1679)CO ($1052)Preflop: Hero is BB with 9,…
- May
May was a solid month, though a bit bittersweet because it started off phenomenally and then took a pretty sour turn. I can't complain about the bottom line, but let's see what kind of progress I'm ma…
- Dani "Ansky" Stern Finishes Fourth in the WSOP 40K!
Congratulations to Poker Savvy's Dani "Ansky" Stern, who finished fourth for better than half a million dollars in the special $40K NLHE WSOP anniversary event. I'm ashamed to say that I didn't even r…
- Debunking Myths About Implied Odds
My latest poker strategy articles, Debunking Myths About Implied Odds, has just been published in the June 2009 issue of 2+2 Magazine. The article explores one of the most important and misunderstood…
- Even Good Players Suck at Satellites
There were 61 players remaining in a Poker Stars $650 satellite, and 51 seats to be won. We were already at the point where we'd be getting our buyins back. I was in like 49th or so place with 25K chi…
- Congratulations Todd!
Big congratulations to my friend and former student Todd, who just won a $12K WSOP package in a Poker Stars $10 rebuy satellite. Just days after completing my inaugural group seminar, he effectively q…
- Pretty Sure He Ought to Call Me Here
It's very unlikely he has a straight- I think he bets virtually every 8 on the turn, and doesn't 3-bet that many hands with 8's in them in the first place- but realistically I don't know how often I c…
- I Do Win the Big Ones Sometimes
I know I've whined about some big pots I've lost of late, so I figured I should reassure you all that I win some big ones too. It's actually been a pretty good month. Here's the biggest one of late:Fu…
- Olen julkkis Suomessa!
That's right! My thousands of Finnish readers will be thrilled to learn that select articles from my archive will now be available in Finnish at Pokerisvut. Currently appearing: Tuottoisia virheitä (…
- Book Review: Transitioning from NLHE to PLO by Tri Nguyen
My One Minute Recommendation: The Pot Limit Omaha Book: Transitioning from NLHE to PLO scores a 9/10. There are probably better books for all-around poker noobs, but experienced NLHE players looking t…
- We Both Got Outplayed
I took a sort of goofy line here turning my hand into a bluff, or so I thought. He "caught" my bluff but....PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $20.00 BB (9 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurn…
- FTOPS $500 Main Event
Standard tournament garbage. Congratulations, though, to my long-time reader and former student Diego, who made the final table! Diego, why oh why did you back out of our staking deal?!!?Obviously I'm…
- FTOPS NLHE Two-Day
I was not playing very well on Saturday, and it showed through in my results. I think I'm pretty good at letting bad beats and unlucky cards roll off my back, but I have a lot more trouble getting ove…
- 1K WSOP Satellite
Played the 1K WSOP satellite on Stars tonight. There were 21 runners, meaning 2 seats and a lot of cash paid out. I came into the final table in second place, and had the lead by the time we got down…
- Gross Spot Vs. Peter Eastgate
Yesterday, PeteEastgate was sitting at something like 8 25/50 tables on Stars. After confirming that this was the actual 2009 WSOP Champion and not some clever shark impersonating a tourney donk, I ho…
- FTOPS Event 13: $300 NLHE 6-Max Quad Shootout
I lasted no more than 15 minutes in this tournament and got 3-bet no fewer than four times. The final time, I raised 44 in the SB, shoved over a 3-bet from the BB, and lost the flip to AQ.Poker Savvy'…
- FTOPS Event 11: $200 PLO8
I always look forward to the PLO8 events, but I couldn't get anything going. The opposition was beyond awful:Full Tilt Poker Game #12159019788: FTOPS Event #11 (84242375), Table 41 - 20/40 - Pot Limit…
- FTOPS Event 1: $200 6-Max
I donked my way out of this one with a quickness, lost my ass with QQ on a 972 board with two clubs. Worse, it was to a guy who'd previously called KJ on a J74 flop, potted the turn when I checked to…
- Exhausting Heads Up Match
I was about halfway through last night's session, and a lot of the 6-max games I was in were kinda bad. I was at the end of a few long waiting lists, but mostly there just weren't many good games goin…
- April
I won and lost a lot of money in April. I finished the month with a decent though not spectacular bottom line, but given what I spent on tournament buy-ins (thank you very much, SCOOP), I'm impressed…
- 61st in the FTP 750K
God I hate fucking tournaments. Been playing since 4:30, made it deep in yet another Sunday tournament, and out to another bad beat. Granted, it was a pretty thin spot, but that makes it only moderate…
- Time to Go Shopping for Skirts
...because I am a little girl:PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $50.00 BB (8 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.comMP2 ($7241)CO ($5985)Button ($925)Hero (SB) ($15829)BB ($12367)UTG ($…
- Hand Reading Made Simple
My latest poker strategy article, Hand Reading Made Simple, is now appearing in the May 2009 edition of 2+2 Magazine:The basic idea behind this simplified hand reading technique is not to put an oppon…
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- Negreanu Skewers CEREUS Network for Security Lapses
Kudos to Daniel Negreanu for continuing to address the problems with the online poker site that hosts UB and Absolute Poker, the CEREUS Network.Negreanu is quoted on his blog as saying, “The Cereus…
- Bill Would Legalize Online Poker in California
Legislation introduced by California State Senator Sen. Rod Wright, who heads the committee that oversees gambling, would make California the first state in the country to legalize online poker and ge…
- Billions in Revenue and Thousands of New Jobs from Internet Gambling Regulation
Reps. Barney Frank (D-MA) and Jim McDermott (D-WA) [pictured right] testified today before the House Committee on Ways and Means on the ability to effectively regulate online gambling in order to prot…
- Mike Caro Live Radio Interview Thursday Night
Mike Caro, a.k.a. “the Mad Genius,” one of poker’s most colorful and innovative characters will be my guest this Thursday on Keep Flopping Aces, which airs at 6 p.m. Pacific Time (9 p.m. ET) on…
- Restaurant Freebies ... An Ongoing Saga Continues
I've been bemoaning the fact that most restaurants stopped giving out freebies for completing a customer service survey, and instead enter you in a monthly drawing. Since neither I, nor anyone else I…
- PPA Asks for Poker's Exemption from UIGEA
The Poker Players Alliance (PPA) submitted an eleventh-hour petition to the US Treasury Department and the Federal Reserve Board, asking that they clarify the provisions of the Unlawful Internet Gambl…
- Massachusetts Man Arrested Under UIGEA
When 36-year-old Massachusetts resident Todd Lyons was arrested Thursday night he became one of the first charged under the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) that was signed into law…
- Nolan Dalla to Discuss 2010 WSOP on My Radio Show
Nolan Dalla will be my guest May 13 on Keep Flopping Aces, my Internet radio show that can heard live every Thursday at 6 p.m. PT (9 p.m. ET) on www.roundersradio.com. Nolan and I will spend an hour d…
- We're Gonna be Moving...
We’re gonna be moving soon. As many of you know, I’ve been writing for Pokerology.com for a few months now, and Tim Ryerson, who runs the site, and I decided it would be beneficial to both of us i…
- When it Comes to Politics, It's Follow the Money--Always
Although Barney Frank’s (D-MA) pending legislation to repeal the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) won’t be acted on until way after the June 1, 2010 date for implementing its reg…
- The (Yawn) Dwan Challenge Cranks Up Again
Tom Dwan and Patrik Antonius (pictured together, left) have cranked it up again, and after a six week hiatus, they seem to be back on track and may yet complete the “Dwan Challenge.” When Tom Dwan…
- Daniel Tzvetkoff to Languish in Jail Until His Trial
Daniel Tzvetkoff, an Australian national, was arrested in Las Vegas in April and charged with processing online gambling payments, which is illegal under federal law. Although he was granted bail in a…
- Rio is up for sale; WSOP may move if a sale is completed
Business Week recently reported that the Rio may be sold—at least it’s being shopped around—and for $500 million give or take a few mil, it can be yours.When they gathered up Planet Hollywood, H…
- Restaurant Freebies ... An Ongoing Saga
I've been bemoaning the fact that most restaurants stopped giving out freebies for completing a customer serive survey, and instead enter you in a monthly drawing. Since neither I, nor anyone else I k…
- Full Tilt Now Offers Rush Poker Tournaments
You knew this one was coming. Full Tilt Poker introduced Rush Poker tournaments—an expected follow up to their immensely popular rush poker games. There’s no waiting between hands and your tournam…
- Online Gaming Would Create 32,000 Jobs
A new study by H2 Gambling Capital finds that regulating all forms of Internet gambling in the United States would create close to 32,000 jobs and $94 billion in gross expenditures over five years, al…
- Grand Jury Investigates Full Tilt Poker
Full Tilt Poker, which is doing well form a business perspective, is having legal difficulties and is under investigation by a federal grand jury—with big-name poker players and founders Howard Lede…
- Update on Restaurant Freebies
I'm 0-for-2 so far. I completed an online questionairre for California Pizza Kitchen--the restaurant that used to offer terrific appetizers in return for completing an online survey, but alas, no more…
- Restaurant Freebies (no poker content)
Freebies! This has no poker content whatsoever—just something I wanted to get off my chest and share with readers. About seven or eight months ago a number of restaurants stopped one of my favorite…
- Frank's Bills to be Heard
Representative Barney Frank (D-MA), who has been trying to overturn the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) since its 2006 enactment, will have two of his bills heard by the House Finan…
- Rep. McDermott’s New Internet Gambling Legislation Would Increase Projected Revenue to Up To $72 Billion Over Ten Years
Representative Jim McDermott (D-WA), pictured left, introduced an updated version of the Internet Gambling Regulation and Tax Enforcement Act of 2010 that would apportion 25 percent of the federal rev…
- American Gaming Association Modifies its Position; Gambling's Largest Trade Association Now Favors Online Gaming
In a recent interview American Gaming Association head Frank Fahrenkopf (pictured right) indicated the trade association modified its previously neutral stance on online gaming. We are open to the con…
- That Sound You Hear is Me ... Exhaling
Yesterday was a banner day. After two years of false starts, laziness, and a general inability to get things done, Mark Tenner and I finally finished the manuscript for the second edition of Winning O…
- Idaho State Legislature Changes Law After Police Bust Senior Center Poker Game
On March 1 I reported the story of a police raid at Idaho’s Twin Falls Senior Center where a weekly senior citizens poker game was broken-up up by Idaho police officers in what I referred to as “…
- Isildur1 is back ... Or is He?
Isildur’s back. He returned from that disastrous night during the winter when he lost his entire bankroll to Brian Hastings at the nosebleed stakes tables on Full Tilt Poker. In the aftermath of tha…
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- WPT Looking for A**holes
Technically the WPT says they’re looking for “opinionated” and “outspoken” people but I can read between the lines here. WPT is starting a new regular segment called the RAW Deal which will…
- It’s Confirmed: Party and bwin Merging
Though it’s been pretty much common knowledge within various poker circles (tell your employees to not update their Facebook status with “Just got back from a business meeting in Stockholm” if y…
- Ron Fanelli – Should We Feel Sorry For Him?
There’s been a story that’s been flying under the radar recently that Dr. Pauly wrote about and while I respect his views I think there is a different angle to this that many people in the poker w…
- Carnival of Poker – Poker Humor
Hat tip goes out to Dan at Pokerati for Felt Wars Part II Well, we got some pretty good submissions this round and I want to thank everyone who sent in a link. I picked the topic of poker humor becaus…
- The Week(s) That Was
The other day I ran across this video of WPT CEO, Steve Heller, being interviewed about some of the changes coming to the WPT. I guess I missed when they announced that Heller was taking over as CEO.…
- Tomorrow is the Deadline for the Carnival of Poker
Just a quick reminder that tomorrow is the deadline for the Carnival of Poker submissions. Get cracking! Thanks for reading Bill's Poker Blog. You might want to check out his other sites: Poker Job Se…
- ZOMG!!!! The Best News I’ve Heard All Year
I was scanning the news the other day and ran across something that made my heart start beating faster. The creator of such comical wonders as Old School and The Hangover, Todd Phillips, recently let…
- The Force is Strong
Funny video clip that I have to give a hat tip to DanM over at Pokerati for posting on his site. If you have funny video clips like this or other funny poker related posts we’re having a Carnival of…
- Update on bwin Loyalty Program
Earlier I wrote about a radical change to the bwin (and thus entire Ongame Network) loyalty program codenamed Essence. It’s not unusual that when I take a less than enthusiastic view on things I’m…
- Taste of Thailand
One of the weird things about living in Thailand is getting into the groove of how it can be so advanced and yet so backwards at the same time. Bangkok is a city of close to 12 million people from all…
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- A note to financial planner Michelle Bachmann
Hi there Michelle.Photo cred at her websiteI heard you were busy yesterday during the hearing on Internet Gambling Regulation.Your quote:With our economy struggling as it is and unemployment hovering…
- Life with panoramic views
Take one minute to see.Take one minute to encompass yourself in your current surroundings.I am a busy person during the summer. Much of this was my own doing as returning to school and taking on ext…
- Never bet against a drunk
As noted I purchased my flight earlier in the night before getting my drink on.I play good poker while under the influence occasionally.Note Mr. Craig's finish in 10th, I got my first Pro bounty in fo…
- WPBT is da place to BE!
If you know about the upcoming annual blogger's attempt to drain every ounce of alcohol and donkey blood from the poker tables of Las Vegas during the WPBT Winter Classic from the lovely April the…
- Flannel Utopia Redux
While traveling along Hwy. 371 towards a group of towns in Northern Minnesota that are reknown for their rustic resort-type settings it was a chance to catch my breath for the two hour drive. A ten-…
- You Make the Call!
Safe or Out? (Photo courtesy of Neal Anderson)The thing is I was more interested that kept his eye on the ball while catching it.
- Couch: The Lost Time Machine
My apologies for blank space but the need to refuel writing outside of work that doesn't seem like work is very necessary. Last night there was no hot tub, but a couch that was older than the two pe…
- LeBron James Signs With Detroit Lions
(AP) - Detroit, Michigan*In a stunning turn of events Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James has decided to leap across professional sports and signed this morning with the Detroit Lions. The ann…
- Return to the land of the living
The ending was a beautiful half-painted orange-reddish ball on my right with that light reflecting off the glass of my workplace on the left as I crested over the final bridge and back to work after f…
- Saying No Is Hard To Do
When I pulled into the open company parking lot this morning with just eight cars that would soon become over 500 and used a turn signal with nary another automobile running and had to back track to r…
- Two Authors Two Books Today
Pauly's daily take on the WSOP is a must read. Which makes he's opus on his journeys in Vegas something that should have been bought this morning.Don't have the link? I'll direct you to his site t…
- High Stakes Golfing with Brunson and Tomko
While the poker-gasm is heading into the final turn with the WSOP Main Event coming soon, here's a chance to see some poker legends off the felt via interviews on high-stakes golfing. If you did not…
- Open Air Love
If you'll excuse the mixed metaphors and horrible spelling today as my workload has been a tad on the heavy side lately despite getting the two weeks off of school. Three months ago the dates were c…
- Harder Than Rocket Science
While the sight of baseball from behind a field instead of kicking the lime-streaked foul ball lines is settling in, so is my appreciation for the effort being put forth on the diamond. No longer is…
- My Kids Listen Better to Directions
After reminding my co-workers in a different country of a work process for the fifth time in six months that causes corruption to a database when not followed I have no more words. If you have a rel…
- Carnival For Two
Are you an official college student for signing up or when grades are handed down at the end of a quarter/trimester? While I failed to rush a decent frat or school classmates on the finer points of…
- My Snowflake
Two people, two personalities.Children would be easier to raise if they came out the same way, had the same sleep schedules, and refused to eat their veggies with the same pout. One book written by…
- High(er) Rolling Rant
There were no less than three posts written this weekend while driving to the trailer/cabin in Hinckley. Since my cell phone does not double as a mobile office and can barely receive text messages b…
- PLO: I Fail To Suck again
Missed my son's baseball practice and was worried I was going to min-final table cash as I came into the last nine with the least amount of chippies.Well...We don't post pictures of min cashes hereObe…
- Steps in Parenting: Smiles
Busy much?Busy.While personally I consider myself further outside the World Series of Poker than Pokerati, seeing that I do my reporting without pants and nor to I subject myself to the air conditione…
- June 1st = Internet Poker's Y2K?
If you worked in IT on December 31st, 1999 than term Y2K would probably set off a series of flashbacks of not watching your female friends flash their boobs after doing that 5th round of Irish car bom…
- Poppy Day
For most Americans yesterday was a day of rest. A day of reflection. Many of us were hurrying around after enjoying the weekend filled with family and friends huddled around grilled meats and cold…
- Steps in Parenting: Sports
Getting to the office a few hours before most people show up gives a chance to stroll thru a mostly open parking lot and a few moments to take in scenery without glares of possible mental health probl…
- Opposite of sleep
If this were a poker post, I'd throw in a thought about lucksacking my way to a win with the bloggers this weekend. No, not in the BBT 5, as the talented pen of Jeremiah Smith erased me in the long…
- If I win does that make me a slut?
This was not skill, this was getting hit with the deck. Great group of bloggers I'm assuming as I saw the twitter feed announce the tourney so I joined in. I apologize for the lack of posting around h…
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I see a lot of strange stuff on the internets. Thought I'd share this bizarre video of Drunken Midgets Run Amok:
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"It's a kinder, gentler Iggy now," says I to GRob at the poker table in GVegas.He raises, insults with aplomb while running over the table, and retorts, "Nature abhors a vacuum."Now go read Mastodon W…
- MLK
Happy MLK day. I'm not dead here, just uber busy. Will be back soon.
- Poker + Blogs. Put the two together and you have less than what you started with.
"Again, I find the blogs about poker hands extremely boring."Doyle BrunsonAmen, Doyle, amen.That's why Greg Raymer mentioned me first way back in the day when asked what poker blogs he read. Back when…
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My apologies for repeating my Twitter, but honestly, people here in Ohio are going bonkers with delusion since the passing of legalized casinos on Tuesday.Massive job creation! Looming wealth for ever…
- Poker Blogging Once Again
"Speaking of uberposts, god damn it. September 13th? Bonus Code Iggy!"AlCantHangWow, this is easily the longest I've ever gone without writing on this here humble poker blog. By far. Thank you, Al, fo…
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Played some in the main game this weekend at the Hollywood. Loser $1 after 6 hours. Didn't play very well -- felt like I was the soft spot which was disconcerting. Maybe cause it was all old guy nits.…
- Appeals Court Upholds Online Gambling Ban
Just saw this at Wired magazine:--A move to scuttle legislation outlawing online gambling suffered a major setback when a federal appeals court set aside constitutional and other legal challenges to t…
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Hey there, gentle reader. I'm still here.The end of August was when I had planned to return to business as usual here. And now it's September 1st and I'm ill equipped, as Otis would say. Aw hell, ther…
- Fast Eddie wins again
I received a text today from Fast Eddie asking where the hell I've been. Why wasn't I playing in the tournaments, and damn, the cash games are good.I had completely spaced with everything going on her…
- Poker In Indiana
Quick poker update here. I completely spaced on the opening of the Indiana poker tournament championships at the Hollywood Casino in Lawrenceburg. Apparently the opening $300 buyin attracted 300+ monk…
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"Poker is getting tougher these days, I shoulda worked harder during the boom."Fast EddieI'm sure there's many of us who can relate to the above sentiment. While catching up with him this weekend, it'…
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I've read quite a bit of media coverage about this past weekends UFC 100. And media coverage ABOUT the media coverage and mainstream media and acceptance versus tolerance, for and against.Assimilation…
- Today is a Good Day to Die
Quick update as things might be picking up here in this humble poker blog.I've been spending some time at the new Hollywood Casino, roughly 25 minutes from my door to the poker table. It's approximate…
- WSOP Main Event Day One Hijinks
So I'm sitting here at home, drinking a cold one, on the last Day One qualifier of the WSOP Main Event, pondering my cash in last years tourney.Do I wish I was playing? Well hell, any poker player wor…
- Russ Gorgiev from RGP: RIP you crazy poker bastard
So Crazy Russ Gorgiev is dead. It must be true because there's a ton of threads about it on RGP. I've pinged a few people in the know, and apparently it's true.I had talked to Russ several times on th…
- Poker Blogging & Phish
So upon returning from Northern Ontario, I hit the road with Dr. Pauly, GMoney & Mr. Fabulous to follow Phish around the Midwest. Six states, 1200 miles and four shows.Damn, I can't even put into word…
- Muskie Fever
"Then the universe stepped on its third rail. The wand jumped convulsively as it made contact with the magic current of the world. The wand tried to jump out of the man's right hand. His left hand see…
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I have a million and one things to get done before taking off for Northern Ontario in a few hours.To fish for these teethy monsters:I shall return with much pokery goodness.
- This is a Poker Blog Damnit
I'm wanting to pound out poker posts with so many of my friends going crazy on Twitter about poker. For now, I'm trying to discern why I've dropped out of Google, again.Heavy sigh.
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Bizarre video of the day. WTF?
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Might have some interesting news to report here soon.Hope everyone enjoyed a fantastic Memorial Day weekend. Me? I drank.I am also pondering the ramifications of my home poker boat expanding to 44 tab…
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Poker and Twitter. A nice rant by Terrance Chan.I hate Twitter but also really dig it. As an information junkie, it works for me the way I use it.Anyway, as a MMA practitioner, I wish Terrance would w…
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Part Five.I've been going through some computer hell the last few days, losing one of my three hard drives, and of course, it was the newest one having not been backed up for a bit.I'm pretty much on…
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- For Want Of A Number 10 Wood Screw
So we’ve moved into a new house. Like, actually new, with no residents before us save some ants that – no offense, ants – I am currently bombing the shit out of. I try to be respectful of indige…
- Death Of A Livetweeting, Or, Killing The Frog
“Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog. Few people are interested, and the frog dies of it.” = E.B. White So I took the boy to Disneyland yesterday, because our lives are about to get crazy bu…
- Dicks
Titular Dicks, as it were. Everyone’s favorite donkey/reality producer Shane Nickerson, and fellow traveler Christian Duguay (who I once saw take down a $5k+ win at Let It Ride at the Imperial Palac…
- Ancient Nerdfights, Applied
So you’re at your local cardroom, killing time in whatever fishy game, where the stakes are boring but you know all the players too well to lose any real money to them without a serious cold-decking…
- Toe In The Pool
I drove out to Commerce on a whim – suddenly realized there was a super-donkathon day 1 today and managed to make it happen. Two levels later I got it all-in with 8d5d on a Th9d7d flop, got called b…
- Prepare To Qualify
I’m not sure this qualifies as a blog any longer, much less one about poker, but: AlCantHang has once again does what he does best, which is convincing Full Tilt to inject an insane overlay into a…
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- Tao All-Stars Piece
Yeah, yeah, I know he's my boyfriend but it's still an honor to have my words up on the Tao of Poker. Many moons ago, long before I ever met Pauly or wrote my own blog, I was one of those voracious Ta…
- Lost Vegas - Buy it Now!
I'm supposed to be a writer but it's hard to put into words what it's like to watch the person you love the most on this earth fulfill their dreams after toiling night and day on their craft for so ma…
- The Ladies Event Debacle, Dwan's Bracelet Bet, and More
I woke up this morning in my own bed. As in, the bed in my apartment in Los Angeles. I'm home for a little over 24 hours to attend the wedding shower of one of my oldest friends (I wrote about picking…
- Monday Morning Linkage
I'm back in the Rio covering the $10,000 World Championship Seven-Card Stud Hi/Lo event, or as AlCantHang has dubbed it The Rock Garden Open. However, hardly anyone was paying attention to the stud ac…
- Victory Poker CEO Responds to Ad Campaign Criticism
It's not sexism, ladies. It's just marketingAfter Liv Boeree, Annie Duke, and Vanessa Selbst all took down major tournament titles earlier this year, the Entities at Wicked Chops Poker proclaimed 2010…
- Ladies, here's what Victory Poker thinks of you
Oh, will you now?Back in college, I remember sitting in one of those introductory communications classes called Mass Media and Society or something of that ilk. We had an assignment to analyze adverti…
- Betfair Roundtable and TOC Op-Ed
Just a quickie here, kids before I run back into my pre-WSOP cave which includes pumping out articles for PokerNews, SCOOP recaps for PokerStars Blog, and consuming copious amounts of California's fin…
- The Good China
When I was seven years old, the mini-mall on the corner of Pico and Westwood Boulevards was torn down and the Westside Pavilion went up in its place. At the western end of this new retail palace was a…
- American Idol Season 9: Bowersox and Magnus Highlight Worst. Episode. Ever.
If American Idol was a poker tournament, this week would be the money bubble. Of the 11 remaining contestants, 10 will make the American Idols Live summer tour and guarantee themselves a payday in the…
- American Idol Season 9: Rolling Stones Week
This is your Top 12, America. How could you?Last night on American Idol, the Top 12 took on the music of the Rolling Stones. Are these kids even old enough to know who the Rolling Stones are? As I sat…
- Out With the Old
Pot Committed 1.0, July 8, 2005-March 10, 2010From the minute I put it up over five years ago until about 2:00 this afternoon, I always thought my site was ugly. Cluttered. Hard to read. A blight on t…
- Terremoto
I am the whitest, blondest girl you'll ever meet. I don't spend enough time outdoors and if I did, I still wouldn't tan. My skin is practically reflective, my eyes are blue-gray when they're not blood…
- Last Night I...
- Went to the Commerce Casino for the first time in a long time, accompanying Pauly to the boozy WPT Invitational pre-party. -Saw a lot of C-list celebrities and former reality stars posing for red ca…
- Sunset Shrink
My psychiatrist doesn't know me. I understand that this is a pretty strange thing to be said about the medical professional with whom I've entrusted my mental health, but nevertheless it's true. I see…
- American Idol Season 9: Hollywood Week
Didi Benami, among the Season 9 front-runners after her Hollywood Week performanceIt's OK, you can put down the razor blades. The auditions are over. There are no more 19-year old single mothers with…
- Four Years On
Four years ago today, Hollywood, in the form of a humorless upper-management hatchet man, threw me off the mountain I'd spent the previous seven years climbing. I wish I could say that I never looked…
- American Idol Season 9, Week 3: Shut Up and Sing
Back in the day, she was on Barney & Friends What's the line Simon Cowell so loves to use when debating a contestant's merit? Oh yeah, I remember. It's a SINGING competition. With three excruciating w…
- American Idol Season 9, Week 2: Glitter and Be Gay
Theo Glinton, ready for String Cheese tourThis week's double installment of American Idol auditions featured a black man covered in glitter, a chick who could flex her boobs, more sob stories and at l…
- Otis vs. St. Francis Hospital
Last year, my mother had a heart attack. She didn't even know it was a heart attack while she was having it. She thought she had a respiratory infection and that's why she was having such trouble brea…
- PokerStars WBCOOP 2010
I'll be donking it up. Hope to see many of my scribbling brethren there!I have registered to play in the PokerStars World Blogger Championship of Online Poker! This PokerStars tournament is a No Limit…
- American Idol Season 9, Week 1: A Tale of Two Cities
Atlanta's Guitar GirlBoston and Atlanta. Chowder and Hush Puppies. Italian mama's boys and country bumpkins. These two disparate locations were the first stops on American Idol's ninth annual nationwi…
- Team Conan
Jeff Zucker should be tarred and feathered in the middle of the intersection of Alameda and Olive for all of NBC to see. In Hollywood's latest gross example of failing upward, Zucker, by making a bats…
- Christmas Decorations that Boggle the Mind
Why is Santa carrying a decapitated reindeer head on a stick?Why is this cat walking upright? And carrying a cake?
- Happy Happy Merry Merry
- 71,987 Miles
71,987 miles. That's the balance on the frequent flier account I opened 11 months ago with American Airlines. And I still have two trans-continental trips and a bunch of bonuses still left to post. Th…
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- I know I suck, but at least I’m back
Title says it all. Some personal problems and an increase in responsibilities took me away from blogging for a bit, but I’m going to try to do better. Blah, I know, you’ve heard that before, but i…
- World Series of Poker Review, July 16 and July 17: Poker
The 7th day of the World Series of Poker Main Event was marked on 16th July. Only 21 players survived to make it to Day 8 even though with the hopes of becoming the next world champion, 78 players sta…
- Poker: World Series of Poker Review, July 13 and 14
Players returned to the World Series of Poker Main Event for day 3 on Monday, after they had a day off on Sunday. In this year’s Main Event, day 3 was the first time that all of the players were not…
- WSOP Main Event Review July 5
The long anticipated Main Event got under way yesterday at the World Series of Poker. A $10,000 No Limit Hold’em event that is expected to draw well over 4,000 players to play poker and it is the bi…
- WSOP: July 1 Recap
If June 30th was a calm day at the World Series of Poker then July 1st was just the opposite. With 5 tournaments happening simultaneously this was one of the busiest days at this year’s World Series…
- World Series of Poker Recap of June 25 – June 27: Poker
The World Series of Poker, at this past weekend was one of the busiest of the summer. over the weekend, 5 new champions were crowned including the prestigious $10,000 HORSE Championship which routinel…
- WSOP Recap June 22 – Poker
At the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas, NV, June 22nd, 2010 saw one of the games most notable players add to his growing reputation. Phil Ivey outlasted the stiff competition, and took home his 8th…
- Poker: WSOP Recap, June 19
June 19th, 2010 was another action packed day at the World Series of Poker. Event #32 and #33 wrapped up their action and crowned two more World Series of Poker champions. Event #32, a $5,000 buy-in N…
- Psychology of Poker – Book Review
I just finished reading the “Psychology of Poker,” by Alan Schoonmaker. As an avid online and offline poker player and poker blogger, I read as many books as I can on the topic of poker. In my opi…
- 5 Poker Skills to Improve Your Dating Success
Poker involves much more than simply playing cards. Gaining information on your opponents without giving away your own ‘tells’, knowing when to raise the stakes – and of course knowing when to f…
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- Minding Your Manners – Casino and Table Etiquette
This is the first in a guest series from the Biggestron summer writer “AA” Spending time in a casino can be fun (and sometimes profitable!), but it is important to behave appropriately in order to…
- NPR Make Biggestron Crazy
I used to like listening to NPR. Lately all it seems to be is alternating between fluff and doom & gloom. Economy crashes. Corporate greed. Torture allegations. Swine flu. Fuck it all. You want to kno…
- Life Can Only Be Blogged Backwards
Hmm. 22 days of an article on masturbation is probably long enough. Been busy with work – on the one hand, it is nice to have someone recognize my talents, but on the other I have no shortage of wor…
- Stuffy Nose? Masturbate.
This is a blogged retweet from the user “God” on Twitter (yes, even the Creator of the Universe is on Twitter) The NewScientist is a fairly respectable publication, but not completely above April…
- Happy St. Patrick’s Day
News about the economy is getting to be a drag. The AIG executives are bunch of greedy fucks. Contract or no, there is no possible way they are entitled to a bonus when their company is being kept afl…
- HA HA I Need a Time Machine
I always forget to sign up for the tournies I want to play. I missed the big game last Sunday and tonight I missed Columbo’s HA. Next week I’m there for sure. I’m stepping in my time machine now…
- Get Yer Red Hot Poker
It is back. Tournament: Brit Blogger Game When: Sunday’s at 16:00ET Game: NLHE Buyin: $5+.50 Password: donkament Tournament: PPI / Riverchasers Tournament When: Monday’s at 22:00ET Game: Deepstack…
- Don’t Worry Be Happy – If You Are Connected
File this one under further research in the science of Kumbaya – In a paper titled “Dynamic spread of happiness in a large social network“, a professor of political science from UCSD and Sociolo…
- Winter Weekend Away
I’m off to celebrate my 40th birthday with my family. Four decades on this planet and I’m blissed out to be able to spend it with the people I love the most. Had dinner with some family friends…
- Replace One Obsession with Another
Ok, so maybe you’ve noticed I haven’t been playing much poker. I just bought this: For those who don’t brew – this is known in homebrewing circles as a ‘brewing sculpture’. It is more th…
POKER FORUMS AND COMMUNITIES
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- SB vs BB
One of the areas of poker that is probably not making me nearly as much as it should make me is when I am in the blinds, and particularly when I am the small blind. Currently I only play tournaments.…
- Full Tilt Transfers
Yesterday, june 30th, I made 6 money transfers on Full Tilt. The moneys were deducted from my account, anad a confirmation window poppped up. I have found out that none of these people recieved their…
- 3-betting light
Against LAG players what is the minimum I can be 3-betting light with? Is ATs too wide to be doing this with in the mid stages of a 6-max SnG? what about against tight players? JJ+ AQs+? Needless to s…
- Pokerstars support awesomeness...
Amazing... http://daleroxxu.blogspot.com/2010/07/pokerstars-support-extreme-awesomenes.html
- hypothetical situation in SnG Bubble
situation : blinds 100/200 ante 25 Player A: 1500 chips Player B: 4000 chips You : 1000 chips Player C: 7000 chips you're on SB
- Bank Roll vs Entry Fee question
Just wondering how much of your bank roll should you be putting up for tourney entry fees? For instance, say I have a $300 bankroll...what size tourneys should I be playing? I am thinking 5-10% of my…
- Personal Experience With PokerStars
Some of you may remember my thread a couple weeks back regarding me joining PokerStars for the first time. I started on Full Tilt and never really played on any other site. So here's a new thread abou…
- UIGEA
Just curious but when is the earliest possible end date for UIGEA? and the new vote that passed, will that help deposit methods in terms of mastercard and visa?
- Same hands versus same hands vs same hands, odds?
Any one can tell me the odds for this please? Kind of anoying that this 3 hands happens in less than 20 min. Dont remember ever get before 3 with same hand, 2 with same yes, but all this 3 in less tha…
- Limit Holdem Tournament Hand
I don't play much Limit Holdem. How would you have you played this differently? Maybe check/call down the hand once they start showing aggression to save some chips? Full Tilt Poker Game #22706694423:…
- Question about rake
So, I DL'd a trial of PT3 and played a quick session of Rush on FTP (4 tables). After the session, I checked out my stats and noticed that the rake is ridiculously high. ...This what C9 was probably t…
- Having problems with certain betting pattens.
Well has been a week or two since I started cash games and started at 5nl and so far so standard. This week I both lost and gained a few buyins due to certain players using a limp/call play. Preflop I…
- PS freeroll this evening - UK only
It's in the Regional tab, 296595047, need to go to Facebook for the password: http://www.facebook.com/#!/UKIPT Thought it would be a donkfest with about ten thousand people in it, but so far not many…
- Going to Hollywood in Lawrenceburg Indiana tonight
Going to be at the Hollywood Casino tonight all night until tomorrow around noonish. If anybody is in the area come stop by. I'll be playing the nightly tournament tonight and some cash games. If you…
- Correct Bubble laydown?
I'm kind of curious on this one. This was from a MTT I was in the other day. Top 63 pay and I was sitting in 61st atm. (I had just taken a bad beat about 5-7 hands ago that dropped me from 24th to 61s…
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- Farewell from the 2008 WTCC Race Trophy
After nine months of exciting action the curtain has fallen on the 2008 WTCC Race Trophy, and what an amazing journey it has been! It started out all the way back in March with Race Trophy Brazil and…
- Congratulations to DoggyP75 - Race Trophy Champion
The Race Trophy Final has been run and won and it is Finnish player DoggyP75 who came out on top. It was an amazing effort by DoggyP75, knocking out 5 of his 6 opponents and crippling the one opponent…
- DoggyP75 is Race Trophy Champion
Just a few hands into the heads up battle, DoggyP75 has knocked out Marky_Crash to take home the $285,000 first prize. Marky_Crash was able to double up once in heads up, but the definitive hand would…
- Masterka7x Finishes in Third - $50,000
Masterka7x has just busted in third place after pushing all in on a 4c 9c 6h board with Ac 8h, but was called by DoggyP75 with 4c 8s. 4d on the river gave Doggyp75 trips and a huge chip lead going int…
- Puggy82 Busted in 4th Place - $35,000
Puggy82 has crashed out of the Race Trophy Final in fourth place after getting on the wrong end of two consecutive pre-flop all-in showdowns. The Scottish marvel had actually moved back into the chip…
- Blinds Up Again
The blinds have just moved up to 600/1200 with a 200 ante meaning the 4-handed play will be fast and furious from now on. Masterka7x is under the most pressure, only having 5 or 6 big blinds left. Mas…
- Marky_Crash Doubles with Aces
Marky_Crash has just doubled up through Puggy82, with his Aces holding up against Puggy82’s JsTs. With the action folded to Puggy82 on the button, he pushed all in over his two shorter stacked oppon…
- VikoBosse Busted in Fifth Place - $20,000
VikoBosse’s amazing Race Trophy journey has ended with the Swede getting busted in fifth place holding KdQd. VikoBosse opened the pot with a raise to 2k from the button and was re-raised all in by F…
- All Steady in 5-Handed Play
The players have returned from the break and after 4erkess’ exit the five remaining players have continued to play cautious, tight poker. With so much money on the line it is hardly surprising that…
- 4erkess Wins 10,000 in Sixth Place
Latvian player 4erkess has finished in sixth place in the Race Trophy Final after getting his Pocket K’s cracked by DoggyP75’s AQ. With action folded to 4erkess on SB, he raised it to 700 before D…
- Puggy82 Picks Up Another Pot
Puggy82 has just picked up another nice pot with top pair, top kicker. Masterka7x opened the pot with a call from UTG before a raise to 700 by 4erkness and a call from Puggyg82 on the button. Masterka…
- Puggy82 Chips Up with Aces
Puggy has just won the first big pot of the WTCC Race Trophy Final after picking up Pocket A’s against VikoBosse’s pocket 6’s. It was heads up pre-flop with 750 in the pot and the flop came Ts 4…
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One level has been completed in the WTCC Race Trophy Final without any major action taking place. We have only seen about ten flops and only one showdown with almost any bet causing the rest of the ta…
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Alright ladies and gentleman, after over eight months of tough Race Trophy competition and six semi-finals stretching right across the globe, the cards are finally in the air for the $500,000 Race Tro…
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Bad news folks, technical difficulties on the TV set have delayed the start of the Race Trophy Final. Everything was ready to go and the players were almost in their seats when the set was plunged int…
- Getting Ready to Rumble
Morning everybody! The Team has just arrived at PokerRoom.com headquarters in Vienna and are preparing for the big day ahead. There is a real electricity in the air with the players warming up with a…
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- Welcome to Vienna!
The Race Trophy Final kicked off last night in fine style with a welcome dinner at the classic Viennese Restaurant ‘Osterreicher In Mak’ followed by a night of partying at Passage nightclub. Wiene…
- PokerRoom.com Touches Down in Vienna
The PokerRoom.com private jet has just touched down in Vienna and we are ready to get things started on the final leg of the 2008 Race Trophy journey; The Race Trophy Final! OK, so PokerRoom.com doesn…
- Sun Sets on a Fantastic Trip
Well well, it only seems like yesterday that we all arrived in the beautiful city of Melbourne for the 2008 PokerNews Cup, but today the curtain falls on what has been an absolutely fantastic trip for…
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Neun Spielern im Team starteten in Australien in den zweiten Tag. Gute Chancen, dass es jemand aus der Gruppe bis in die Preisränge schaffen konnte. CorpseGr, gutol5l5 und PLWashy wild_c4ll, BingoBil…
- Nali Kaselias is 2008 PokerNews Cup Champion
After three long days of play, local player Nali Kaselias has beaten out 409 players to take down the PokerNews Cup Main Event and the $250,000 first prize. Kaselias beat Danish player Kenneth Damm in…
- Team PokerRoom.com Brings Home the Bacon
With MadBaltic and Gishom being eliminated from the Main Event, Team PokerRoom.com’s official participation in the PokerNews Cup has come to an end. It has been a fantastic event for the team, with…
- Gishom Also Earns $4100 in 37th Place
Gishom has busted from the PokerNews Cup at Crown Casino, as the highest finishing player from Team PokerRoom.com. Patiently waiting for the right hand to move All-In, Gishom pushed his 62K into the m…
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MadBaltic has finished his 2008 PokerNews Cup Main Event journey in 40th place, earning a cool $4100 for his efforts Facing a raise to 22k from MP, MadBaltic pushed all-in with 55k from the cut-off be…
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Gestern fand der zweite Starttag beim PokerNews Cup in Melbourne statt. Gleich 12 Teamspieler nahmen ihre Plätze ein. Tisch 24 leuchtete in den Teamfarben, auf den Plätzen 3 bis 6 waren mit hainsyot…
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Yes that’s right, after almost 2 hours of drama the money bubble has finally burst with MadBaltic and Gishom now guaranteed at least $4,100. The bubble bursting hand occurred on MadBaltic’s table,…
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We are still on the bubble, with seven short-stacked players having all won their hands to double-up. On the TV feature table, James Potter made the bold move of only checking one card, saw an Ace and…
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