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Pi Squared: Phil Ivey Wins Second Bracelet

Date: Sun, Jun 14, 2009

The big names have largely been disappointed in 2009, but not Phil Ivey.  The pro’s pro won yet another World Series of Poker bracelet, this time in the $2,500 Omaha 8-or-better/Seven-card Stud 8-or-better.  Ivey takes home $220,538 for winning it all. Fellow big name pros Dutch Boyd and Carlos Mortenson were close, finishing third and fourth [...]

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6 Reasons Not to Fragment WSOP Main Event

Date: Sat, Jun 13, 2009

The WSOP final table convened in November last year, roughly 4 months after the players had been decided.  This year, the WSOP will follow the same format.  If you read this blog, you know I hate that decision.  Here are my top 6 reasons why the Main Event final table shouldn’t start in November. 6. Any [...]

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PokerNews Pushing ChipMeUp on Readers

Date: Fri, Jun 12, 2009

I like PokerNews.com, but their site is starting to feel like a seesaw where Andre the Giant (poker) is on one side and Hulk Hogan (ChipMeUp) is on the other.  We all know poker wins out, but the more I visit the site, the more I see shameless promotions for their underling ChipMeUp. I’ve wrote about [...]

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Maxing Out: Brock Parker Takes Over at WSOP

Date: Thu, Jun 11, 2009

He’s already handled Daniel Negreanu heads up in Event #14, the $2,500 6 Max Limit Hold’em tournament for his first bracelet. Now Brock Parker has another elusive gold bracelet in the Six Max No Limit Hold’em, Event #19. You read right, both bracelets came in the same game. I think it’s safe [...]

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Seized! Gov Yanks $30M From Poker Players

Date: Wed, Jun 10, 2009

The tremors were reported earlier.  Now the earthquake has arrived. The US government has taken control of over $30 million in poker player money by freezing payment processors like echeck. The bare bones of what is happening here is the Department of Justice has now decided to take action against what it maintains is illegal [...]

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Hevad Khan and Phil Ivey 2009 WSOP

Date: Tue, Jun 9, 2009

Hevad Khad will probably want this footage destroyed later. The man who made a name for himself by acting like an idiot all the way to the final table in 2007 obliged one of those fast and furious interviews and a lot of his answers were surprising. For 2009, it also looks like [...]

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E-check Freeze: Will Online Poker Dry Up?

Date: Mon, Jun 8, 2009

Yesterday I wrote on a potential roadblock for the online poker community.  Today, the latest news is murky with conflicting stories published as recent as 15 hours ago.  What does seem to be consistent is that PokerStars and FTP echecks are out of luck as of right now.  Here is a particularly dire echeck update [...]

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Echeck Payment Problems on the Horizon?

Date: Sun, Jun 7, 2009

There is a quiet rumbling in the online poker community that could turn into a huge deal if true.  According to Gambling911.com, “The United States Attorney out of New York State has forced the shutdown of this eCheck processor being utilized by PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker and reportedly seized monies as a result.”  Gambling911.com [...]

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Ivey Again? Pro Close to 2nd WSOP Bracelet

Date: Sun, Jun 7, 2009

The pros generally haven’t fared to well this 2009 WSOP, but a handful are turning heads.  Phil Ivey leads that group.  Fresh off his Duece to Seven championship, Ivey is now 11 of 79 in Event #13, a pure No Limit Hold’em $2,500 buy-in tournament.  The tournament started with 1,088 players but as things draw [...]

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Ivey Does It! 2-7 Champ Bags 6th Bracelet

Date: Fri, Jun 5, 2009

Phil Ivey proved once again that he is a great all around card player, winning the No-Limit Deuce-to-Seven Lowball Championship for some $96,000 in couch change.  I was pulling for Phil to win this event I know nothing about and he ended up beating John Monnette, who Ivey revealed has a strong background in 2-7. Find [...]

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74 Year Old Freddie Ellis Wins WSOP Event

Date: Thu, Jun 4, 2009

When you lose, you’re old.  When you win, you’re experienced.  74 year old Freddie Ellis became the most experiencest player ever to win a WSOP event when he took down respected Las Vegas Stud player, Eric Drache to win the bracelet in Event #6, the $10,000 Seven-card Stud World Championship .  His total earnings will [...]

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Live Reports From the WSOP

Date: Thu, Jun 4, 2009

If you are after some of the top live reports on the net for WSOP reporting, you can find quick updates at these sites: PokerNews.com WSOP.com ESPN.com and ESPN360.com BluffMagazine.com and Twitter.com/bluffmagazine I’ll continue looking for live outlets and add any to this blog I find.  Individual Twitter player pages are a good way to pick up bits and pieces. In [...]

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Tom McEvoy Wins a Corvette; Russ Hamilton

Date: Wed, Jun 3, 2009

Tom McEvoy can now be called a champion among champions.  McEvoy was the sole survivor among a group of 20 past WSOP main event champions and for winning he will be the recipient of a Classic 1970 Corvette and Binion’s Trophy Cup.  I don’t know about you, but I’d rather have some gold, diamonds, or [...]

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Poker Players Tweeting at WSOP

Date: Mon, Jun 1, 2009

As we continue to move into the next layer of web 2.0, businesses are picking up on tech trends and incorporating into their marketing scheme. Twitter has become all the rage and now even players playing in the WSOP are twittering or tweeting (whichever you prefer) between action. If you’re still in the dark on [...]

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