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The final table of the World Series of Poker Main Event represents the pinnacle of a poker player's career, but every player has to start somewhere.
As we were leaving, I was suprised--nay, completely stunned and blown away--by Cardgrrl's casual, offhand comment: "You have an incredibly annoying table manner."
Yesterday marked the three week line until play begins in the Caesars Cup, the inaugural team event that pits the best that the United States has to offer against the strongest that Europe can put up in a unique team format that hasn't been seen before in poker.
One of the questions I am asked most frequently is something about where to play--where are the softest games, where can one make the most money, which are the best rooms, etc. Note that those are not equivalent questions.
I played the main event of Caesars Mega Stack tournament toward the end of the WSOP. 305 players put up the $1,000 entry fee and we got started with 50,000 chips (a mega stack, when you think of it).
Last night during a break in the tournament at Caesars Palace, somebody not in the tournament came over to chat with a dealer that he obviously knew personally.
This afternoon I felt like entering a small-field, low buy-in poker tournament.
Well, I'm in Las Vegas, chillin' out, enjoying myself, playing online poker and looking forward to the Main Event which starts on July 3.
Since the inception of the World Series of Poker 40 years ago, one of the biggest attractions wasn?t the tournament series itself but the side games that occurred after people had busted out of their tournaments.
Having made the final table of the WSOPC Las Vegas championship event the past two years, finishing fifth and fourth respectively, Bonomo got over the hump this time around, defeating a stellar final nine to book the $227,692 win and a seat in the 2009 WSOP Main Event.
Just in time for its very first Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP), the world's most popular online poker room, PokerStars, reinstated the account of Justin "ZeeJustin" Bonomo, a sponsored pro of Bodog.
The second Dream Team Poker event wrapped last night from Caesars Palace in Las Vegas with Jamie Gold's Team Aced taking down top team honors.
Fold pocket aces? Really? Bernard Lee provides the proof behind this argument from a recent tournament in Atlantic City.
On Sunday, Vanessa Rousso advanced to the finals of the National Heads-Up Poker Championship, which will air on six consecutive Sundays on NBC starting in April.
64 players including 12 WSOP main event champs set to play at Caesars Palace on March 6-8.Read article
I can't think of a more ideal time or place than Caesars Palace Mega Stack Poker Tournament to play in a very affordable Las Vegas poker tournament; especially. a Las Vegas poker tournament that is formatted just like the really big Vegas tournaments.
A recent blog that appeared by poker legend Doyle Brunson revealed for the world to see that the poker stage show dubbed "The Real Deal" had officially closed its run in Las Vegas.
Pick a poker room anywhere on the Las Vegas Strip or play in all of them. With two major expos in town this week the poker rooms around Las Vegas should have a marked increase in players.
I just got back from a poker session at Caesars Palace. To give you some idea of how quiet Las Vegas is right now, the 9pm bounty tournament ran with 5 players.
For the last couple of years, the World Series of Poker has held Academies to help players improve their tournament skills. Now, the WSOP is delving into the realm of cash games with their new cash game academies.
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19th October 2009 3:08pmSource: Poker News HeadlinesIs SEGA Poker On The Way?
Video game provider SEGA could be set to launch their own poker and casino platforms following the granting of a gambling licence by the Alderney Gambling Control Commission today.
18th October 2009 10:25amSource: GoodLuck Poker BlogThe 5 Dumbest Things I Ever Did Playing Poker
As with anything new in someone's life - whether it's a new job, or a new recipe or even a new game, you have to learn about it before you can say you understand it. Same thing goes for poker.
17th October 2009 10:32pmSource: Poker News DailyFull Tilt Responds to Poker Bot Lawsuit
Online poker room Full Tilt Poker is known for keeping mum when it comes to its legal and business matters, but the company broke its silence to comment on a recent lawsuit by former customers Lary Kennedy and Greg Omotov.
16th October 2009 7:02pmSource: TJ CloutierFrom Canada to Texas: Football & Poker
Anybody who sees me at a poker table says that I look like a football player. And of course, that's what I was in my youth. After I got out of the Army, I signed on as with the Montreal Allouettes, where I played first string tight end until I was traded to the Toronto Argonauts.
14th October 2009 8:05pmSource: Poker News DailyDoyle Brunson Inducted into Hardin-Simmons University Athletic Hall of Fame
Legendary poker player Doyle Brunson will be feted yet again on Friday night, but not for any of his performances over his 50-plus year career in the game of poker.
13th October 2009 6:50pmSource: PokerListings.comWSOP introducing November Nine Academy
The final table of the World Series of Poker Main Event represents the pinnacle of a poker player's career, but every player has to start somewhere.
12th October 2009 10:05amSource: Poker King BlogA.J. Benza Out as Co-Host of High Stakes Poker
When "High Stakes Poker" returns for its sixth season in February of 2010, there will be one major change - A.J. Benza will no longer be a part of the show.
9th October 2009 5:18pmSource: Poker News DailyAaron Gustavson Defeats Peter Eastgate in EPT London
As the great wrestler Ric Flair said, ?To be the man, you gotta beat the man!? In this week?s finale of the European Poker Tour?s (EPT) London stop, Aaron Gustavson did just that, besting reigning World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event Champion Peter Eastgate heads-up.
7th October 2009 7:04pmSource: PokerListings.comdurrrr Challenge: The half way mark and more
Possibly getting underway with the half-way goal in mind, the latest session in the durrrr Challenge only ended after a total of 1,063 hands were played.
6th October 2009 6:36pmSource: Poker News DailyDoyle Brunson Advocates WSOP Europe Venue Change
Even though he has more than 50 years in the poker world under his belt, poker legend Doyle Brunson continues to be one of the leaders in the community, advocating suggestions for improvements to the industry.
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