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Poker After Dark will kick off its Fifth Season December 29th with “Close But No Cigar” week. This lineup will feature WSOP final table participants who came short of winning the whole enchilada. The players that will participate at this table include Andy Black, Allen Cunningham, Mike Matusow, Dewey Tomko, David Williams, and »
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The first hand back from break, Eastgate would limp in as he was accustomed to doing and Demidov checked his option. The flop fell 2d-Ks-3h and Eastgate bet 1.25 Million Demidov made the called. The turn fell 4c and Eastgate bet 2 Million. »
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Beware the min-raise. Demidov has been using the min-raise to effectively take down pots pre-flop. As a result he has built himself back up to around 52 Million.
In hand 98 Demidov min-raised to 2 Million and Eastgate made the call. The flop of the »
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Blinds are now 500,000 and 1 Million with a 150,000 ante. A limped pot is now worth 2.3 Million. A raise and take it adds 1.15 Million to a players stack.
Play slowed down quite a bit for a while. Raise and take it is the name »
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Demidov slipped under 50 Million for the first time right after the break after
Demidov raised 2.75 pre-flop in hand 39 and Eastgate made the call. The flop fell 9h-7s-6d and Demidov bet out 3.625 Million and Eastgate made the call. The turn fell the Jh and »
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It took over an hour to get our first massive pot.
In hand 33, the pot sat at nearly 2 Million chips when the flop fell 5d-7h-4d and Eastgate raised to 1.25 Million and Demidov raised to 3.375 Million. Eastgate made the call. The turn fell the 8h »
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Chris Moneymaker has just been announced to the crowd. Jack Effel asked him to come out and say hello to the crowd.
Blinds are now 400,000 and 800,000 with a 100,000 ante.
Hand 12 saw Ivan Demidov raise to 2 Million and Eastgate made the call. »
Heads-up play has begun at the World Series of Poker Main Event final table. Supporters for both players have filled the room to cheer their favorite player on. The WSOP Player of the Year award was given to Erick Lindgren before the introduction of players. Lindgren accepted the award to the roar »
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 »