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On Saturday, the WSOP announced that the 2009 WSOP Player of the Year race will include the Main Event. In prior years, the Main Event did not figure into the points calculation. One possible reason for the change may be the fact that only two bracelet events are being broadcast this year. »
Event #55 of the WSOP was the $2,500 Limit 2-7 Triple Draw event. 258 players turned out making this the largest lowball tournament in history. John Phan took this event in 2008 and looked to repeat as champion. Phan did not repeat, but instead, Abe Mosseri put on a dominating performance at »
Regardless of you level of skill in poker, there are players out there that are better than you. There are also players that think differently than you about every situation that you will face at a poker table. There are also those that have wisdom when it comes to poker and the »
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Event 54 of the WSOP was the last $1,500 NL Holdem event of the Series. A sold out field of 2,818 players took part in this mega-donkament to take their shot at $673,216 and the bracelet. After three long days of play, Tony Veckey, a software engineer from Chicago, took down the bracelet.
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The poker community tends to be somewhat of a tight knit bunch, and everyone seems to have a certain group that they fit into. There are those that fit in with the “hip NL” players, there are those that are “old school”, there are those that are “media”, and there are those that are »
So far the World Series of Poker has really kicked off with a bang. Over 6,000 players showed up for the stimulus event, making it the largest WSOP event in history outside of the Main Event. The 40k event had probably the strongest NL Holdem field in history and it looked like »
Yesterday was the big $1,000 NL event at the WSOP, also known as the Stimulus Special. As I have been talking for a couple of months, I did indeed play. I started over at Brazilia with a pretty ragtag bunch of players and David Levi. I was fortunate enough to double up »
If you have read anything about Las Vegas, then you have probably seen some of the best and brightest of the hotels and casinos featured. However, many people cannot afford an extended stay at the Pallazo, Venetian, etc. Those people have to find more inexpensive ways to enjoy Vegas. However, what happens »