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2011 World Series of Poker Day 17: Another Juanda Final Table

AlCantHang — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 23:32:04 +0000

Gavin Smith visits with Erick Lindgren during the $10,000 Limit Hold’em Championship “It seems all Juanda does is make final tables.“ Quoting myself when I didn’t go too far out on a limb putting John Juanda on my Players to Watch list before the series kicked off. After winning the Deuce-to-Seven Championship earlier in the [...]

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2011 World Series of Poker Day 17: Another Juanda Final Table

2011 World Series of Poker Day 12: Hellmuth Goes for Number 12

AlCantHang — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 19:48:08 +0000

The “fun table” of the $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. with Lacey Jones and Gavin Smith Walking into the Rio today reminds me of the first year they ran the $1,000 No Limit Hold’em “Stimulus Special” tournament in 2009. The hallways packed to the gills with an incredibly long registration line that still stretched forever when cards went [...]

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2011 World Series of Poker Day 12: Hellmuth Goes for Number 12

2010 World Series of Poker Recap: Top 5 Stories

AlCantHang — Wed, 25 May 2011 04:41:53 +0000

We’re just a few short days away from the start of the 2011 World Series of Poker and things are beginning to buzz. Plans are being solidified, airfare booked, and rolls wired to the Rio cage. While the world winds itself up for the coming series, we thought it would be nice to head back [...]

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2010 World Series of Poker Recap: Top 5 Stories

2010 World Series of Poker Main Event Day 1c Live

AlCantHang — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 18:49:11 +0000

We’ve made it just halfway through Day 1 of the 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event but things are starting to take shape. We’re almost guaranteed to surpass the numbers of last year with 2,614 players through 1a/1b and the WSOP staff reporting over 2,000 registered for today alone. Considering 1d is traditionally the [...]

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2010 World Series of Poker Main Event Day 1c Live

2010 World Series of Poker Day 31: Gavin Smith Wins First

AlCantHang — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 21:46:28 +0000

Gavin Smith wins his first bracelet in Event #44 of the 2010 World Series of Poker Yesterday was a great day for poker, not just those affiliated with Full Tilt. One of the good guys won when Gavin Smith finished the night by picking up his first WSOP bracelet. Always one to be entertaining, always [...]

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2010 World Series of Poker Day 31: Gavin Smith Wins First

2010 World Series of Poker Day 30: Adventures in the Amazon

AlCantHang — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 00:24:32 +0000

Yesterday was an adventurous one for your trusted Tilty bloggers as there so many things going on we couldn’t keep it straight most of the time. Throw in extremely flaky internet access and it was a big bundle of fun from start to finish. Richard Ashby was at the $10,000 HORSE final table going for [...]

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2010 World Series of Poker Day 30: Adventures in the Amazon

2010 World Series of Poker: Week One in Pictures

AlCantHang — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 04:56:57 +0000

The crutch of a weak writer is a post with nothing but photos. Luckily we have access to some of the best in the room and I make no claim to be anything other than a hack. The first week of the WSOP is in the books so we thought we would share some of [...]

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2010 World Series of Poker: Week One in Pictures

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

“All In for CP” Charity Tournament

AlCantHang — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 23:52:20 +0000

Many stories revolving around the world of poker seem to concentrate on the singular attempt to remove money or chips from opponents, degenerate gambling, or otherwise unhealthy activities. This is often an unfair representation of the entire poker community, there are many who go out of their way to support others in need through different [...]

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“All In for CP” Charity Tournament

Tilt on Tilt Violence

AlCantHang — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 12:23:13 +0000

Erik Cajelais at the 2009 World Series of Poker Main Event" width="200" align="right" /> They’re heading into Day 2 of the second event of the 2009 World Series of Poker Europe and a Tilter is leading the way as they head towards the money. Only 158 players put down the £2,500 for the mixed Pot [...]

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Tilt on Tilt Violence