Anthropologists and homicide detectives alike know you can tell a lot about a person based on the contents of their trash … yikes, a little scary to see what’s in the rubbish bin at Pokerati’s non-Rio Las Vegas headquarters: Seriously, that can’t be healthy, can it?
I’m thinking about going to the Palms Party, too — started a few minutes ago — just downing another All In Root Beer to see if I have it in me to go. (Huh, do these things even have any flavor any more?) Big tourney for me tomorrow, of course. Half a million bucks at stake [...]
What’s happening tonight at the WSOP, while Wicked Chops Poker is celebrating the good news. JC Tran takes his name off of the “Best player to never win a bracelet” list, taking down the $1,500 NL Holdem event against Danish pro Rasmus Nielsen. JC, at one point down 3-1 headsup, chipped away at Rasmus [...]
And Tao of Pokerati is all over it a day and a half ago! Listen live, or at least semi-live, as Pauly and Benjo (filling in) speculate on my whereabouts (and the Pokerati sex slave business empire) when their hardcore reporting and potential slander of California Jen is interrupted by Doyle Brunson’s cashing for $124k [...]
Methinks it is out of control. It is a given that Harrah’s is always open for sponsors to buy their way into some Rio Convention Center space and a spot on the ESPN stage. That is the nature of business and the corporate world. Therefore, the 2008 WSOP has sponsors/partners like CardRunners, Bluff, and PokerNews, which [...]
Tuscaloosa Johnny, representin’ for the first few levels in $1,500 HORSE at the 2008 WSOP. Here’s Tuscaloosa Johnny’s “bustout interview” — you can feel the pain of a man who falls short of his dreams and must face the reality that he’s a long way away from the $50k HORSE final table, aka poker’s grandest stage [...]
Mike Matusow and Player X, who has a thick accent from somewhere and a bracelet in something. Click to zoom in. After much hemming and hawing, I decided to give the $1,500 HORSE a try, what I called “baby” HORSE when discussing it with Andy Bloch in the halls of the Rio. (I think he played [...]