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WCOOP Event #14 Final Table Report

Posted by admin on 19/09/05

Something was happening. No one knew it at the time, but PokerStars Championship of Online Poker was on its was to becoming the third biggest poker festival in the world. Ever. It only sits behind the 2005 World Series of...

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WCOOP Event #13 Final Table Report

Posted by admin on 18/09/05

More often than not in brick and mortar casino tournaments, many of the final table players know something about each other. Chances are, they've been playing together for years. Online, that changes. Time zones, languages, continents, and age are just...

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WCOOP: Joe Sebok speaks

Posted by admin on 17/09/05

Editor's note: After making a WCOOP final table, Joe Sebok, two-time 2005 WSOP final table finisher, professional poker player, and son to Barry Greenstein agreed to let us know what it's really like for a pro player at a WCOOP...

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WCOOP Event #12 Final Table Report

Posted by admin on 17/09/05

Online poker is suited for anonymity. It's suited for convenience. It's suited for playing in your underwear. It's suited for being able to convince yourself that, despite any evidence to the contrary, there is a very good chance you are...

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WCOOP Event #11 Final Table Report

Posted by admin on 16/09/05

There was a time a a youngster that I stood on the sporting field and heard the phrase, "It's like kissing your sister." I didn't have a sister, nor did I particularly want one. And if I had, I certainly...

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WCOOP Event #10 Final Table Report

Posted by admin on 15/09/05

So, here we are the OK Corral.--Lee Jones as the final table WCOOP Event #10, a triple-shootout, beganIf you listen clearly enough, you'll hear the whistle from "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly." If you watch closely enough, you'll...

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WCOOP Event #9 Final Table Report

Posted by admin on 14/09/05

Call it what you will. Call it "running well." Call it "lucky." I call it pretty neat. When we reached the final table of WCOOP Event #9, there were names that I'd already written about here during the WCOOP coverage....

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Hurricane Katrina Relief Tournament Tonight

Posted by admin on 13/09/05

PokerStars and Team PokerStars member Wil Wheaton will host a $5+$0 No-Limit Hold'em freezeout tonight at 9:30pm ET to benefit the victims of Hurricane Katrina. PokerStars will match every buy-in 100% and donate the proceeds to the American Red Cross....

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WCOOP Event #8 Final Table Report

Posted by admin on 13/09/05

It's the type of thing that could make a brick and mortar casino operator go sleepless. To sleep would mean to dream, and to dream would mean to have nightmares about that million dollar guaranteed tournament looming on the horizon....

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