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WSOP Main Event: Greg Raymer–Large Field Guru

Posted by admin on 03/08/06

By Dr. PaulyGreg Raymer has set himself apart from his peers by becoming one of the greatest large field tournament players of all time. Over the last three year the numbers of participants in various WSOP tournaments, including the main...

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WSOP Main Event: Bouncin’ Around the Room as Day 2A Ends

Posted by admin on 02/08/06

The throng of spectators just inside the door was even thicker and tougher to navigate than usual, and I quickly discovered why: 1972 WSOP champion Amarillo Slim Preston was signing autographs for several fans; an equal number of people stood...

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WSOP Main Event: Brenes Says PokerStars is Good Luck, Greenstein as T-Rex

Posted by admin on 02/08/06

There was a time in my life, many years ago, when I often found a camera in my face, usually when I wasn't at work. I was never too happy about it, but grew to just accept it as a...

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WSOP Main Event: Five Billion Hand Freeroller Arnold Blenner Riding High

Posted by admin on 31/07/06

by Craig CunninghamArnold "jwblack100" Blenner started his day in the PokerStars suite, casually eating breakfast from the hot spread provided for PokerStars qualifiers. The story of how he got to the Main Event is incredible, and what he's done once...

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WSOP Main Event: Norm MacDonald Eliminated; Bill Chen Out After Rollercoaster Ride

Posted by admin on 29/07/06

By Dr. PaulyThe insanity and circus-like atmosphere of the first day of the WSOP settled down after dinner break. Hours earlier it would take you several minutes to walk down the congested hallways. They finally emptied out with spectators and...

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WSOP: Under Pressure

Posted by admin on 25/07/06

Don't miss the Emad Tatough final table updatesby Wil WheatonA couple of days ago, Michael Craig brought Annie Duke by to say hello."Hi, Annie," I said. "I'm Wil Wheaton.""Actually," she said, "we've met. We played together at Bellagio and I...

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WSOP Event #30 Short-handed No-Limit Hold’Em: Mercier Crippled by Fossilman

Posted by admin on 21/07/06

(Update on Event #30 below the cut)by Wil WheatonThe room is filled with chairs in anticipation of a capacity crowd for David Sklansky's talk in about ninety minutes. I wrote a post for my own blog, while I waited for...

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WSOP Event #22 No Limit Hold’Em: Greenstein Loses a Race

Posted by admin on 15/07/06

As far as I could tell, Team PokerStars' Barry Greenstein's stack didn't move much during the last couple of levels (maybe 1500 or so more), but Barry just stopped into the PokerStars suite, and gave me a recap of a...

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Posted by admin on 19/01/06

Yesterday evening, as is customary, the EPT kicked off with a media tournament where all the visiting press takes a couple of hours from their hectic schedule of heavy drinking to play some poker. In truth - and I say...

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