Live- Poker-Blogging the Democratic National Convention A single-issue, special-interest perspective on the Denver political hoopla

Date: Mon, Aug 25, 2008

Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr. (D-IL) is speaking right now just spoke a little while ago … he’s a friend of poker! Jackson is one of four cosponsor’s to Rep. Pete Sessions’ (R-TX) HR 6663. That bill, of course, is the most straightforward fix to the UIGEA — simply limiting its reach to online sports gambling — [...]

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RE: Scotty Nguyen Apology (2)

Date: Mon, Aug 25, 2008

Mean Gene was on the scene when all was shaking down — and he’s got some great details about just how drinky a fete the $50k HORSE championship really was — for players, fans, and reporters alike — and the bad vibes all around that may or may not have come across on ESPN. (I was [...]

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Currently Listening To …

Date: Mon, Aug 25, 2008

Episode 7 of The Hard-Boiled Poker Radio Show Click here to listen/download This show is the antithesis of Beyond the Table when it comes to intellect, humor, and style, and at a well-produced hour long — some of it reading of books about poker philosophy and literature — it’s pretty much the opposite of Tao of Pokerati, [...]

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New Poll: Where (in Vegas) Do You Like to Play?

Date: Mon, Aug 25, 2008

That’s the question this week. Scroll down a bit and over at the right. –> We know lots of things factor into your decision on where to play — from the stakes to the amenities to the action. So using whatever algorithm you employ in your head, we want to know where it is that [...]

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RE: Scotty Nguyen Apology

Date: Sun, Aug 24, 2008

Whether or not it was reality-TV editing that turned the Prince of Poker into the Puck of Poker during the $50k HORSE event … here’s an edited down version of the edited down version that compiles Scotty Nguyen’s drunken antics into a 10-minute YouTube vid. Scotty Nguyen Belligerent Drunk Montage Amazing to think that 10 minutes [...]

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Olympic Gold Medalist Michael Phelps Might Be Sorry He Mentioned Poker

Date: Sun, Aug 24, 2008

The swimmer who stunned the world by setting a new record with his eight gold medals at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing made a statement in one of his post-amazing-feat interviews. Michael Phelps told the Baltimore Sun, “I think it would be cool to play in the World Series of Poker. My game is [...]

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Pokerdoodle

Date: Sun, Aug 24, 2008

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Scotty Nguyen Issues $50K HORSE Apology… Sort Of“I Am Sorry” to Fans, Not Players

Date: Sun, Aug 24, 2008

In a previous post, Dan mentioned Scotty Nguyen’s (bad) behavior as shown on the ESPN coverage of the 2008 WSOP $50K HORSE final table. His drunken/erratic/insulting antics and chatter at the table has been controversial, as some members of the media blame editing for making Scotty look a little mentally unstable moody, while many viewers [...]

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RE: Money Day at the River

Date: Sat, Aug 23, 2008

Two others that made it through include SodaSara and Josh Evans. Don’t know what their starting chip counts are or if they are still alive. But happy to see both of them at least cashed in El Norte, the land of poker opportunity (for Texas players). UPDATE: SodaSara finished 10th place … $60k or 2 [...]

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Money Day at the River: (Partial) Starting Line-up

Date: Sat, Aug 23, 2008

Today’s the final day of the $3 million River tourney in the Winstar Territories. The $2,000+100 NLH event started six days ago with what would grow to more than 1,400 entries. A few less than 150 made it into the money and play today for the big money. Here are about 90 of the starters, [...]

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Pokerdoodle

Date: Sat, Aug 23, 2008

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Pokerdoodle

Date: Fri, Aug 22, 2008

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The Best Rest of Tao of Pokerati

Date: Thu, Aug 21, 2008

The 2008 World Series has come and gone and will most likely, in a little less than three months, will come again. In the meantime, while cleaning out the computer(s) we’ve come across these “lost” episodes … recorded in the tail days of the main event. But this is everything … there’s no more, OK? [...]

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Winstar: K-train goes off the rails

Date: Thu, Aug 21, 2008

…Actually, I’m just the opposite. I went out middle, at level 6. Three PP’s (55,77,99,QQ). I hit one flop, never saw a turn all day, much less a river. Never played a loser through… until about 10 minutes ago. Never been so card dead. *cry,bitch,moan,walk* Shawn Rice is nursing a short stack of about 7k, as [...]

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