Thoughts on 2010 WSOP Rules

Posted by James
January 21st, 2010

As posted in the news section of this site, the rules for the 2010 WSOP have been released. I figured I would take a few minutes to highlight some of the changes and give my opinion on said changes.
Rule 37B is one rule I particularly like as it addresses civility in the poker. »

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Top 10 WSOP Moments of the Decade

Posted by James
December 19th, 2009

#10. Joe Cada Becomes Youngest WSOP Champion in History

Joe Cada entered the final table of the WSOP Main Event as one of the middle stacks and then proceeded to work his way up the leader board and after an unlikely suckout against Antoine Saout, he entered heads-up play as the chip leader. After »

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2010 WSOP Schedule Musings

Posted by James
December 17th, 2009

The schedule for the 2010 WSOP has finally been released as well as some details about the upcoming WSOP.  I thought I would give my thoughts on a few of them.
More $1,000 buy-in Events
There will be six open $1,000 buy-in NL Holdem events.  I personally played in the event that started this trend and while »

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Jeff Madsen: Youngest Bracelet Winner in WSOP

Posted by The WSOP Blog
December 11th, 2009

If there are naturals on the poker circuit then surely Jeff Madsen is one of them. He came to age with Poker! Born in 1985 in Santa Monica, Callifornia, Madsen has the distinction of being the youngest Poker player to win a Word Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet. He won the title barely a month »

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WSOP Changes I Would Like Implemented

Posted by James
December 2nd, 2009

Jack Effel has been stating lately on his twitter that he will soon be finishing up the schedule for the 2010 World Series of Poker. While the WSOP is still six months away, there are five things I would like to see at this years WSOP:
Electronic or Automated Option Registration
There has been online registration »

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WSOP Main Event Final Table Predictions Revisited

Posted by James
November 12th, 2009

The final table of the Main Event of the World Series of Poker has come and gone and I figured it was time to revisit my picks for the final table. As we all know, Joe Cada won it all after some amazing suckouts to take the chip lead three-handed. Of course that »

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November Nine Predictions

Posted by James
November 1st, 2009

Just six days until the 2nd installment of the November Nine hits the felt and I felt that I would share some of my predictions regarding the WSOP final table.
Darvin Moon – You have to give the man credit for sticking to his word and not picking up a sponsor, etc. He comes in »

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November Nine Musings and Other Poker Thoughts

Posted by James
October 29th, 2009

There is less than two weeks left until the November Nine takes their seats at the final table of the WSOP Main Event. I must say that I am looking forward to seeing if Phil can make a strong comeback and make a bid at taking this event down. I am more interested »

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Women and men are equals at the table

Posted by The WSOP Blog
October 28th, 2009

In almost anything you discuss these days the difference between men and women are sure to be a topic that will be lively debated. And maybe that’s just fair, because men and women are different, each one with its own ups and downs. And therefore the difference between these two are large in many of »

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Poker Shows Getting too Fluffy

Posted by James
October 21st, 2009

Recently, AJ Benza was released from his contract providing commentary on High Stakes Poker. He stated in his blog that the main reason behind this was because a female host was going to be used in his place. I personally find this unfortunate because of the fact that the one thing that set »

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