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2011 World Series of Poker Day 5: Crazy Night and Big Games

AlCantHang — Sat, 04 Jun 2011 18:54:47 +0000

The story of the day and the series so far was the $25,000 Heads Up Championship final match. Neither of Full Tilt’s pro, Gus Hansen and Eric Froehlich, were able to make it out of the semi-finals but it was a spectacle which will make for great TV. Yevgeniy Timoshenko came into the final match [...]

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2011 World Series of Poker Day 5: Crazy Night and Big Games

Trip Report: 2011 Jennifer Harman Poker Throwdown

AlCantHang — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 21:07:53 +0000

With the 2011 WSOP on the horizon, Jennifer Harman invited a bunch of her friends to the Peppermill Resort and Casino in Reno for her annual Poker Throwdown to benefit the NSPCA. I was honored to be on the invite list where I was able to play a few fun hands with Robert Williamson III, [...]

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Trip Report: 2011 Jennifer Harman Poker Throwdown

WSOP Caption Contest #2: Best Captions win 1,000 FTP Points

Dave McCarthy — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 04:10:11 +0000

Congratulations to our caption contest winners! There were a lot of good submissions; it was tough to pick just one for each. Stay tuned for another caption contest this week… Photo A: While the dealer is looking away, Schoenberg uses her secret Jedi-Forces to switch cards. – H311f14m3 Photo B: “Hey Phil, go ahead and [...]

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WSOP Caption Contest #2: Best Captions win 1,000 FTP Points

2010 World Series of Poker Day 15: Tilty Final Table

AlCantHang — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 22:54:08 +0000

Welcome to my least favorite day of the entire WSOP where we kicked off Event #22: $1,000 Ladies No-Limit Hold’em Championship. This event draws more and more criticism as the years go by no matter your opinion on the event. Some feel it is sexist, some feel it’s separatist. Some vocally boycott the tournament while [...]

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2010 World Series of Poker Day 15: Tilty Final Table

Howard Lederer to Andy Bloch: $25,000 to eat 24 cupcakes

AlCantHang — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 23:52:22 +0000

Every year at the World Series of Poker you constantly hear stories about bizarre prop bets and the insane money changing hands. Weight loss bets, bracelet bets, last longer bets, you name it and these guys will bet on it. Word started popping up in the Pavilion Room and twitter about an offer made from [...]

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Howard Lederer to Andy Bloch: $25,000 to eat 24 cupcakes

2010 World Series of Poker: Best Players Without WSOP Title

AlCantHang — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 22:27:24 +0000

It’s one of the standard conversations which always come up during the World Series of Poker. Who’s the best player to not have captured their first bracelet? Mr. McCarthy and myself were just sitting on media row yesterday bouncing names back and forth with the usual suspect always in the mix, Team Full Tilt member [...]

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2010 World Series of Poker: Best Players Without WSOP Title

2010 World Series of Poker Day 3: Second verse, same as the first

AlCantHang — Sun, 30 May 2010 21:05:33 +0000

Day 3 is upon us and it will look much like yesterday. The second flight of the $1,000 No Limit Hold’em Event #3 starts at noon and it will be interesting to see the size of the field. Guesses, estimates, and bets have Day 2a being slightly larger than Day 1a but it does not [...]

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2010 World Series of Poker Day 3: Second verse, same as the first

Big Money Sunday – January 17th

AlCantHang — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 18:06:42 +0000

It was a busy day yesterday online with the full slate of Big Money Sunday games including the switch from the $750,000 Guarantee to the $1,000,000 big game but everyone kept their bankrolls aimed at “Aid for Haiti” fund raisers. Poker players took to the tables across the internet to do they’re part to help [...]

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Big Money Sunday – January 17th

Big Money Sunday – January 10th

AlCantHang — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 20:13:21 +0000

There must have been something twitching in the air this weekend. Maybe it was the newly formed “Big Little Tournament” in addition to the normal $200,000 Double Deuce bringing big money to the low bankrolled players causing a ripple through the system. There were many times this weekend where you could find one of the [...]

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Big Money Sunday – January 10th

Big Money Sunday – December 6th

AlCantHang — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 18:53:51 +0000

This week’s Big Money Sunday had two added events jamming the site full of famous players and their low-limit companions. The biggest draw in terms of numbers would be the MiniFTOPS Warmup that hit it’s cap of 50,000 players. A $1.10 turbo massacre with a $50,000 prizepool. Unfortunately for me, I overslept the start of [...]

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Big Money Sunday – December 6th