Posted by Editor | Filed under Howard Lederer, London 2008, WSOP-E 2008
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The players have vacated the table. Only their stacks – both their armor and their ammunition – mark their places.
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Posted by Editor | Filed under Howard Lederer, London 2008, WSOP-E 2008
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Howard Lederer, elegantly collecting his cards in Razz, flips them face down, and slides them, as one, to the dealer. There’s a certain look on his face – tired, resigned. Not disgusted or discouraged, but like he’s communicating, “I’ve got nothing … again,” as if that’s been the case thousands of times. And it has.
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Posted by Editor | Filed under Howard Lederer, London 2008, WSOP-E 2008
My notes of the final taqble, 58 pages covering 4 3/4 hours and 144 hands of short-handed poker, are mostly useless gibberish to me now. But among the wreckage are several jarring images – like photographs that look innocuous, until you learn the context.
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Posted by Editor | Filed under Howard Lederer, London 2008, Me in live tourneys, WSOP-E 2008
It was a serpentine road that led me to this final table, even as an observer. as you know, I had played this event, and busted late on Monday night. I thought my effort was a valiant one, and unrewarded until I saw the coverage on Pokernews.com.
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Posted by Editor | Filed under Howard Lederer, London 2008, WSOP-E 2008
Wednesday night, in which they played the final table of the HORSE, was a proud night for Full Tilt, even if it didn’t have a happy ending. The first thing I noticed was the women. as we waited for the HORSE final four players to return from the dinner break (and for the PLO event to restart), the three hottest women in the Empire were former Pokerwire.com girls, all connected with Full Tilt in one or more ways.
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Posted by Editor | Filed under Howard Lederer, London 2008, Million Dollar Cash Game '08
I tell ya, this game has everything! Durrrr playing every hand. Matusow laying down a ridiculous hand. Ivey hypnotizing all the money his way. Hellmuth storming out.
And just when we thought it was almost over and we’d seen all we could see …
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Posted by Editor | Filed under Howard Lederer, WSOP 2008
Maybe the World Series of Poker was just one big misunderstanding. That would explain a lot of what happened.
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Posted by Editor | Filed under Howard Lederer, Me in live tourneys, WSOP 2008
[written June 6, a.m.]
Yesterday afternoon I played the 5 PM $2,500 Mixed EOB event.
I saw a lot of people older than me in this field, or maybe they just looked older than me. This seems like one of those events where you see a lot of the same people who’ve been playing at the World Series for 25 years. In my seven hours, I played at four tables, each a distinct, singular experience.
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Posted by Editor | Filed under Erik Seidel, Howard Lederer, Phil Ivey, WSOP 2008
The World Series of Poker has suddenly become very weight conscious. I was at a table with Howard Lederer in the $2,500 Mixed EOB event (more about that later) and he told me he got a call the night before at 3 AM from Erik Seidel.
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Posted by Editor | Filed under Allen Cunningham, Annie Duke, Chris Ferguson, Gavin Smith, Howard Lederer, Humberto Brenes, Marco Traniello, Melissa Hayden, Mike Matusow, Phil Hellmuth, Phil Ivey, Robert Goldfarb, Tom Schneider, WSOP
When I’m at the World Series, I wish I was home. When I’m home, I wish I was at the World Series. There are a lot of different types of players in a lot of different situations at the Series. My situation is unique, but it shares elements with most of the thousands and thousands playing this year. Integrating the World Series of Poker into your life is difficult.
It’s tough to play and it’s tough not to play.
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