Rheem eliminated, Phillips doubles There are a lot of trite phrases that come to mind when watching somebody lose with A-K vs A-Q. They are trite because it happens often enough to inspire such phrases. It doesn't happen so often,...
Kelly Kim eliminated in 8th place There were people--smart people--who believed Kelly Kim and his stack of 2 million starting chips wouldn't last ten hands today. Those people--those smart people--were wrong. Kim's day lasted five hours. What's more, he outlasted...
Craig Marquis eliminated in sickest fashion With less than five million chips and an M of less than 5, Craig Marquis just open-shoved for 4,925,000. His 7h-7d looked pretty good against Scott Montgomery's Ad-Qs. It looked much, much better on...
Phillips doubles, Chino stumbles It took until the last hand before the break, but it was worth the wait. David Chino Rheem came in for a raise to 800,000 and Dennis Phillips moved all-in for 3.7 million more. Rheem struggled...
In less than 48 hours, the six PokerStars Million Dollar Men will sit down in the Penn and Teller Theater at the Harrah's Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino. Making up 2/3 of the November 9, the PokerStars Million Dollar...
26,295,000 chips The 2008 World Series of Poker chip leader has an interesting back ground and almost none of it involves poker. Dennis Phillips started playing Texas Hold ‘Em only four years ago. Phillips was a blackjack player until a...
12,520,000 chips When Darus Suharto dreams, he dreams like Chris Moneymaker. Just like his pro idol, Suharto is an accountant, who qualified for the 2008 Main Event through an $80 satellite on PokerStars. Suharto may be an unknown at the...
10,230,000 chips David "Chino" Rheem knows how to use the law to his advantage. During his teenage years in Florida, Rheem took advantage of the law allowing 18-year olds to play casino poker. He got his start in 1998 playing...
12,525,000 chips Ylon Schwartz has been playing competitive table games for most of his life, having started playing chess in Washington Square Park in Manhattan ever since he was 13-years-old. Now 38, the Brooklyn native reverted to the more profitable...
18,375,000 At just 22-years-old, Peter Eastgate is the youngest member of the November Nine and has his sights set firmly on the record books as well as the $9 million first prize. Already the first player from Denmark to make...
24,400,000 chips Ivan Demidov is the form player coming into the final table, having used his break from the World Series to play in, well, the World Series. Demidov returned to Europe after his heroics in Las Vegas and made...
Have you seen the line-up for the next stop of the European Poker Tour? It's something to check out. According to the people in the know, one-time EPT Grand Final winner Gavin Griffin is planning to make the trip, as...
With the smell of the Costa Rican coffee still fresh in our noses, it's time to bid that country adios and move on to the next stop of the Latin America Poker Tour. PokerStars has just released details for the...
by Adam "STUDstood" Roberts When beginning these blogs, I thought that I would strictly cover game-related strategy. Although I intend on doing that, someone in the $30/$60 Stud Hi/Lo game here suggested I write this blog. Even though it...