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There has been a lot going on in the last week in the poker world. The Epic Poker League crowned its first champion in Chino Rheem. This victory was partially overshadowed by both Chino’s tendency to be a welcher on bets and also by Daniel Negreanu’s negative comments about the league. Also, we learned of »
I had the opportunity to cover the World Series of Poker Main Event final table here for theWSOPblog.com over the weekend and I must admit that the final table actually was one of the best finals that I had witnessed for a No Limit tournament in a very long time. Almost every player at »
Action continues from the final table of the WSOP Main Event:
The first hand from the break was something we didn’t see much today, and that is a walk. Dennis Phillips got a walk in the big blind. The very next hand, Phillips made a raise from the small blind and took down the »
Action continues from the final table of the WSOP Main Event:
The hour is beginning to get late in Las Vegas. As we are approaching midnight, players have been playing poker for 13 hours, not including breaks. For some, such as Dennis Phillips, the hour may seem later. Phillips is from Missouri and »
Action continues from the final table of the WSOP Main Event:
In hand 142, Dennis Phillips raised to 1.55 Million and Ylon Schwartz re-raised to 5.25 Million. Phillips tanked for a few moments before finally folding and Schwartz moved up to 19.2 Million. He then took the next pot to move up to over »
Action continues at the final table of the WSOP Main Event:
Blinds moved up to 300,000 and 600,000 with 75,000 antes.
In hand 122, Dennis Phillips and Ylon Schwartz both saw the flop of 2s-Kd-9d. Action was checked to Schwartz, who bet out 1 Million. Phillips made the call. The turn of »
Action continues at the final table at the WSOP Main Event:
Ivan Demidov raised to 1.25 Million in the first hand after the break and Peter Eastgate made the call. The flop fell 10c-Qh-5h. Demidov checked to Eastgate who bet out 1.2 Million. Demidov folded the hand and Eastgate moved up to 39.35 »
Action continues at the final table of the WSOP Main Event:
Ylon Schwartz raised to 1.3 Million pre-flop in hand 99 and Scott Montgomery re-raised to 3.6 Million. Action was folded back around to Ylon Schwartz who folded his hand. Montgomery moved up to 22.925 Million while Schwartz dropped to 20.8 Million.
Not too many »
Dinner did indeed conclude at around 7:15 Pacific Time as expected, but then we came back to the Poker Hall of Fame induction ceremony. Both Dewey Tomko and Henry Orenstein were inducted into the Hall of Fame. Jeffrey Pollack opened the ceremonies and then Doyle Brunson provided the introduction to the first Hall »
Action continues from the 2008 Main Event final table:
Dennis Phillips raised pre-flop to 3.4 Million and action was folded to Scott Montgomery. Montgomery raised to 10 Million to go. Action was folded back around to Phillips who laid it down. Montgomery moved over 20 Million in chips while Phillips slipped to around »
