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2010 World Series of Poker: Week Three in Pictures

AlCantHang — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 00:08:47 +0000

It was an oddly quiet week in the Rio this week with a few rare day with only one new event and some without a final table. That all changed as the week closed out when we found ourselves with 6 or 7 tournaments running at the same time. Richard Ashby became the second Full [...]

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2010 World Series of Poker: Week Three in Pictures

2010 World Series of Poker Day 20: All Day Action

AlCantHang — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 20:28:43 +0000

Phil Ivey and Erick Lindgren sweat the Celtics/Lakers game during $10,000 Limit Hold’em Championship It was bound to catch up with us, with a relatively slow few days we saw this day on the horizon that will keep us jumping all day. Between the Pavilion and Amazon Rooms we will be tracking 7 different events [...]

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2010 World Series of Poker Day 20: All Day Action

Big Money Sunday – January 3rd

AlCantHang — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 20:22:02 +0000

After getting an expected “day off” last Sunday due to certain technical difficulties, this Sunday provided extra fun making up for my forced laziness. Yesterday brought the first of 4 events dubbed “The Big Little Tournament”. A $250,000 guarantee tournament for just a $5.50 buyin drew over 46,000 players and some of the most insane [...]

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Big Money Sunday – January 3rd

The Pros Speak: Karina Jett

The Captain — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 13:00:02 +0000

Finding the time to do what we enjoy in life isn’t always as easy as it seems. This is especially true if you’re in a profession that requires serious dedication and practice – professional poker players are a prime example. In order to achieve success at the highest levels, the pros put in a serious amount of time to continually improve their game. In some instances, it might even appear that poker is the only thing in life and that everything else takes a backseat when it comes to time at the table.

While it might be for a few, this isn’t the case for Karina Jett. For her, being able to enjoy life as a professional poker player is a matter of balance. As a poker pro, wife of Full Tilt Poker pro Chip Jett, and a mother, happiness is a matter of keeping everything in perspective. Here’s what she had to say about priorities, poker and managing her time:

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The Pros Speak: Karina Jett

Heads Up: Howard Lederer Versus Karina Jett

One Angry Monkey — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 13:11:47 +0000

Welcome back to another round of the Full Tilt Poker Heads-Up Challenge, where we take 64 of our top pros and pit them against one another like abused dogs picked up off the street by Michael Vick. This week’s match features number one seed Howard “The Professor” Lederer taking on the 16 seed Karina Jett. Can you say mismatch? Oh well, let’s just get this formality out of the way so we can move on to greener pastures.

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Heads Up: Howard Lederer Versus Karina Jett