High Stakes Poker to Return
Date: Mon, Jul 21, 2008
HSP was gone, and then back again, and then not really at all … but now Bluff Europe is reporting that GSN has picked up the option for a fifth season of High Stakes Poker. Apparently GSN just had to get rid of the WPT before they could renew? That seems plausible enough — that [...]
Cirque du Poker?
Date: Mon, Jul 21, 2008
The poker shark just can’t seem to be jumped. While I don’t expect to see All In: The Musical on broadway any time soon, apparently some people believe that poker players actually go see shows, or at least that they are more likely to if the show is about poker. The Real Deal is gonna [...]
Can You Handle The Truth? I mean at poker
Date: Mon, Jul 21, 2008
Got sucked into a new awesome/terrible reality show yesterday on MTV2 called From G’s to Gents — have already programmed a “season pass” on the Tivo to make sure I don’t miss an episode. The show is done by Jamie Foxx, and the concept revolves around P-Diddy’s personal valet, Fonzworth Bentley, trying to reform gangstas [...]
Slinky Chip Trick
Date: Mon, Jul 21, 2008
I know chip tricks are like soooooo 2003, but I had never seen this one before. Nothing too fancy about it, but still … clever: If you kinda-sorta liked that one, here’s a related trick from the same family of pre-stacked flips: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0sSsWNqxPI
UB, It’s Time to Show Some Respect for the Poker CommunityHow Long Must We Wait for Honesty & Transparency?
Date: Sun, Jul 20, 2008
UltimateBet has been dancing around this superuser/cheating scandal for more than six months. Everything was delayed - acknowledgment of the allegations, investigation updates and results, and developments like the alleged ties of Russ Hamilton to the scandal. Annie Duke has become the spokesperson for UB, and she has had to conduct interviews and give politically correct [...]
Whatcha Doin’ on Tuesday?ESPN Begins WSOP Coverage on July 22
Date: Sun, Jul 20, 2008
The 2008 World Series of Poker will begin airing on ESPN on Tuesday, 7/22 with two hours of coverage every week leading up to the November 11th final table. Six bracelet events, including the $50K HORSE championship, will set the stage for the extensive coverage of the WSOP main event that will span from September [...]
Online Pro Mike Watson Wins WPT Bellagio CupNo Actual Cups Were Awarded
Date: Sun, Jul 20, 2008
The World Poker Tour kicked off its seventh season with the Bellagio Cup at Bellagio (go figure). The powers-that-be raised the buy-in to $15K in the hopes of getting a field of pros, and that’s what happened. A total of 446 players anted up to create a prize pool of $6,489,300 with a whopping $1,673,700 [...]
Legends of Poker at the BikeTournaments Begin Wednesday, July 30
Date: Sat, Jul 19, 2008
The WSOP has been over for days now, so for all of you poker junkies looking for your next tournament fix, L.A. is the place. Well, the Bike is actually located in Bell Gardens, California, which isn’t exactly a beach resort, but unfortunately, no one has built a card room oceanside in Los Angeles yet. [...]
How Red America Sees the WSOP Semi-live blogging Dennis Johnson on Fox News
Date: Sat, Jul 19, 2008
Was just watching a little early Fox News, and the weekend hosts got visibly excited about the World Series of Poker. Their hedline: “Average Joes Taking Over.” Wha? Apparently the Fox reporters/interns aren’t reading Wicked Chops. Idiots But regardless, dead money is dead money, right? “That’s why we like it so much, because the underdog can [...]
RE (2): Tiffany Michelle
Date: Fri, Jul 18, 2008
This seems as good a time as any to share with you another leftover bonus episode of Tao of Pokerati … where Dr. Pauly chats with Change100 (his personal fashion yogini) about Tiffany Michelle’s attire (before her Ultimate Bet patchwork became such a major wardrobe malfunction). It’s sickeningly cute as this pokerblogging duo draws the [...]
RE: Tiffany Michelle
Date: Fri, Jul 18, 2008
Posted this link in a comment down below, but really it deserves a little more pimpage … as this write-up by Change100 provides one of the best factual recounts and opinionated analyses of the whole Tiffany Michelle final table sponsorship saga. She tells a compelling story of girl-power gone awry, and the deeper Tiffany got, [...]
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