Just entering in some semi-final data for Pokerati’s WSOP World Standings, and get this … The number of cashes in the 2008 WSOP (all events) for people from Nevada: 666 Whoa, I know.
It’s Nolan Dalla’s job to feed us media types official information for use in our presumably unique WSOP coverages. And in doing so, he puts in more hours at the World Series than even Pauly. (Sorry dude, it’s true.) When Nolan checked out last night, he said a few goodbyes as he walked from his crow’s [...]
Some of us may have gotten a bit sloppy with the development of the final table yesterday — look, I was going on about 5 hours of sleep over the previous three days, and was so hopped up on caffeine and energy drinks that my urethra constricted to near the size of a coffee stir. [...]
What’s happening as the countdown is underway for the November Nine: Now that we know who the November Nine are, who do people root for? Is it the chip leader from St. Louis? Is it the quiet Russian? Will it be the grinder from Los Angeles? Can it be the player with 10 BB’s, has two female [...]
So wow, I just found out some interesting things about the tournament — have to admit I wasn’t paying much attention to the multi-hour foldfest. It was pretty much a big staring contest, or game of chicken, to see who blinked first. Anyhow, the final table bubble boy: Dean Hamrick … his AJ couldn’t beat [...]
Jack Effel: “Players, you may now go on your 117-day break.” I thought it would be extra funny if two people went out on the final hand … would’ve totally caused a “Doh!” moment to the folks who bought thenovembernine.com and thenovember9.com. (I’ll give you a hint, since I can’t link specifically to search results here.) Craig [...]