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A Wing, Some Cards, and Courage

Date: Wed, Jul 2, 2008 Internet

There have been almost fifty final tables played this year at the World Series of Poker with, in most cases, 9 players going into the final day of play. Of those 9 players, every one of them will go all in at some point in time, and in the end, 8 of them will wind [...]

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2008 WSOP Event 47 Winner Ryan Hughes

Date: Wed, Jul 2, 2008 Internet

Ryan Hughes is the first person in WSOP history to have a Stud hi/lo bracelet for each wrist. To accomplish this feat he had to overcome a Day 2 mini-disaster that put a hurt on his stack just before the end of play, and a final day field where he was in 9th place out [...]

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2008 WSOP Event 45 Winner Scotty Nguyen

Date: Wed, Jul 2, 2008 Internet

It takes a special type of person to pay a $50,000 buy in in order to test their poker skills in one of the toughest tournament formats in existence. The word most folks would be looking for when describing this type of “special” person, is crazy. Some people could try to make that word stick [...]

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First Ever Two Time Split Winner at WSOP

Date: Wed, Jul 2, 2008 Internet

The 39th annual World Series of Poker continues to offer up firsts this year in Las Vegas. For the first time a single poker player has won two gold bracelets in the Seven-Card Stud High-Low Split event. The winner of this year’s $1,500 buy in Seven-Card Stud High-Low Split event is Ryan Hughes… Read more…

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2008 WSOP Forecast, Day Thirty Four: Ante Up for Africa Charity Event

Date: Wed, Jul 2, 2008 Internet

Day 34 of the 39th annual World Series of Poker is upon us, and while it isn’t a bracelet event all eyes will be on the Ante Up for Africa Charity Event that will take place today. This $5,000 buy in event won’t carry the prestige of “cashing” at the WSOP or winning a bracelet, [...]

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2008 WSOP Diary, June 30: Scotty Nguyen Wins His Fifth Bracelet, JC Tran Takes His First Bracelet

Date: Wed, Jul 2, 2008 Internet

There are a lot of things that a body can do with $50,000. Somebody can buy one of the newly designed Dodge Challengers and have enough left for a wussy little, testosterone draining Prius. This would satisfy a person who not only wants to satisfy the NASCAR fan in them, but the eco-Nazi as well. [...]

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California Poker Rooms to Get Coverage from Major Magazine

Date: Wed, Jul 2, 2008 Internet

The major poker rooms in California will get serious coverage from one of the biggest poker magazines today, the Poker Pro Magazine. The magazine will spend 11 months chronicling CA card rooms which is, according to a recent press release, the “most comprehensive” look at CA card rooms ever attempted, and will start in October [...]

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Gomes Wins WSOP Event 48

Date: Wed, Jul 2, 2008 Internet

The World Series of Poker for this year has had its share of exciting moments, including the finish of Event 48, the $2,000 buy in No Limit Holdem event. More than 2,300 players paid their buy in to create a prize pool of $4.2 million. First place finisher Alexandre Gomes got $770,448 of that prize [...]

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Finishing in the Money or Winning the Whole Tourney?

Date: Wed, Jul 2, 2008 Internet

Somebody once said that that discretion is the better part of valor. To be completely honest, the type of person who actually believes that is also the type who would hand their wife the baseball bat, and count on her to fend off somebody breaking into the family home while they courageously hide under the [...]

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Sexton’s Corner, Vol. 49: Russ Hamilton, Part 2 — $1,000,000, a Bracelet and 43 Silver Bars

Date: Mon, Jun 16, 2008 Internet

We left off with Russ Hamilton looking down at his hole cards, heads up against Hugh Vincent in the WSOP Main Event in 1994. The hand that won Russ the tournament was pocket queens, just as it was predicted in the mysterious note… Read more…

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World Series of Poker Daily Summary for June 14th, 2008

Date: Mon, Jun 16, 2008 Internet

Another pair of WSOP winner’s bracelets found loving homes in Saturday’s action at the Rio, including one that will likely have visits from close kin. History was made when Blair Hinkle captured Event #23, $2,000 No-Limit Hold’em… Read more…

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PokerRoom Launches ‘Poker Island’ TV Promo – Winner to get $100,000 sponsorship deal!

Date: Mon, Jun 16, 2008 Internet

Win a place in PokerRoom’s luxurious ‘Poker Villa’ in Ibiza, Spain this July for your chance at some sun, surf and a massive $100,000 sponsorship deal! Read more…

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2008 WSOP Event #28, $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha w/ Rebuys, Day 1: Sebag Leads

Date: Mon, Jun 16, 2008 Internet

152 world-class players took the field for what has traditionally been one of the more raucous events of the WSOP. Day 1 of Event 28, the $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha w/ Rebuys tourney, would live up to that tradition. And even though… Read more…

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2008 WSOP: Event #27, $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em: Bernard Lee Tops Day 1 Pack

Date: Mon, Jun 16, 2008 Internet

Event #27 drew a capacity crowd of 2,706 players, including returning champ Phil Hellmuth, Jr. Hellmuth won this event last year, giving him a record 11 WSOP bracelets and a nice payday in the amount of $637,254. The top 270 players… Read more…

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