More from the Final Table: Banner-ish Year
Mr. Peanut demanded too much money to call the opening cards in the air, so the WSOP got Michael Buffer instead. As the 2008 WSOP was coming to a close a few days ago, Pauly and I couldn’t help but...
View ArticleRE: Beef Jerky Is the New Beer?
A slightly different take from Pauly. I intellectually don’t agree with his boisterously pessimistic outlook, yet he seems to have a read on many in the poker world’s gut … from Tao of Poker: God bless...
View ArticleRE: Phil Hellmuth vs. Harrah’s
OK, I swear we’re going to stop making this blog PhilHellmutherati. But here’s more of the Champ, speaking to the French media about his concerns that Harrah’s forthcoming online poker site could do...
View ArticleJeffrey Pollack Bids Farewell to the WSOP Harrah’s Interactive says no plans...
photo: BJ Nemeth A shocker but not really … Jeffrey Pollack and Harrah’s are breaking up. The WSOP Commissioner, President, and Twitterer in Chief‘s last day with Harrah’s and the World Series is...
View ArticleThe Breakdown of Technology and Prize Structures Tao of Pokerati
Not sure what really happened yesterday, but I guess I started paying attention to the poker tournaments … or at least wandered near them. And it just so happened to be on a day when the 2010 WSOP...
View ArticleComing Down from the WSOP The Poker Beat
Getting caught up and back in the swing of things — slowly but surely — so what better way than to listen to the most recent episode of The Poker Beat? The Poker Beat: July 22, 2010...
View ArticleThis Week in Poker
This Week: Ty Stewart — new WSOP stuff, Poker Hall of Fame, more WSOPE bracelet debate. Matt Savage — WPT-Bellagio/Festa al Lago. Matt Affleck — more WPT-Bellagio/Festa, Washington State, 15th place...
View ArticleSemi-ironic Horsepower
Ahhh … though Vegas is crawling with poker-related license-plate culture on any given day, the World Series is when the finest work from the Nevada Department of Corrections really comes out. Seen...
View ArticleWSOPep Rally - + Brett Richey Ben Lamb rap video "Stack 'em to the Top"
Things ready to get underway … Ben Lamb vs. Pius Heinz vs. Martin Staszko. The score is 55 to 108 to 43 … ball on the 600k/1.2mm yard line. The Pius Heinz fans are singing songs in 57 varieties of...
View ArticleA Bigger, Louder WSOP for 2012? - Table talk and celebration encouraged at...
Jack Effel expects a “huge and great” 2012 World Series of Poker. It certainly won’t be a quiet one. “The poker room is not church,” Effel, the tournament director for the past 6 years, told poker...
View ArticleInstapoker - Good Guy, Bad Guys
Andy Bloch Today’s WSOP Boxscore Aubin Cazals $480,563 – Event #6 $5,000 Mix-Max Andy Bloch $126,363 – Event #7 $1,500 7-Card Stud Herbert Tapscott $264,400 – Event #8 $1,500 Omaha/8 Ashkan Razavi...
View ArticleNevada Online Poker Rivalry Brewing - WSOP.com and Ultimate trade barbs over...
Sometimes karma can bite you in the butt. World Series of Poker Executive Director Ty Stewart [recently] experienced that pain. Recently, Stewart made light of early troubles that befell Ultimate...
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