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Jay Farber: “I Wanted to Prove Everybody Wrong”
The brash amateur’s larger than life persona rubbed some people the wrong way and most thought he wasn’t a serious threat to long-time pros like JC Tran and David Benefield who were also playing for...
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Slow Start for 2014 Main Event on Day 1a, Huge Turnout Still Expected
A relatively scant 771 players braved the firework-littered streets of Las Vegas to enter the Main Event, which was down 172 players from Day 1a of last year. It's somewhat troubling considering that...
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Ray Romano Helps Son into $10k World Series of Poker Main Event
Ray has been playing the World Series of Poker for eight years now and Matt always followed along from home. “For my 21st birthday he said that if I raised $5,000 than he and my mom would put up the...
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NASCAR’s Jason White: “A Lot of Drivers Love to Play Poker”
Jason White, who has amassed 21 top 10 finishes in NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, is taking that plunge in this year’s 2014 Main Event. “I had an off weekend and I decided to come out,” said White...
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Seidel Stacked as 2,144 Players Swarm Rio on Main Event Day 1b
While the top 10 chip counts were dominated by relatively unknown players, Erik Seidel, Matt Affleck and Marvin Rettenmaier each managed to build stacks of over 100,000 chips. With two starting days...
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Cassavetes: Celebs Love High-Stakes Poker But They're Not Very Good
The director of The Notebook and Alpha Dog is known to play in some of the biggest celebrity home games in Los Angeles and said that although he loves playing poker, he knows there's a big difference...
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Joe Fox Lives WSOP Dream with $1,111 Surprise Buy-in (Video)
Joe Fox is a real estate agent from Phoenix, Arizona. Married with three kids, Joe has dreamed of playing in the WSOP but since the market went south he hasn't had the poker bankroll to make that...
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High-Stakes Report: Thuritz Thrives While Blom On Sabbatical
In the online high-stakes games it seems even Viktor Blom - the man of 10,000 hands in the blink of an eye - need a vacation sometimes. Fellow Swedish player Mikael “punting-peddler” Thuritz used...
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Rant: Free Chocolate at EPT Events is a Wasted Opportunity
The outcome means poker players attending EPT Season 11 and 12 stops will receive free chocolate bars. Chocolate bars. Are you kidding me? The Year of Fruits and Vegetables I’m nearing the end of my...
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WSOP 3-Bet: Thrill of Chiptory, Agony of Debeat, Hope Floats
Want the latest news and gossip emanating from the World Series of Poker at the Rio in Las Vegas? Here's where you'll find it. Today in the 3-Bet we find the pure elation that comes from bagging up...
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Former Oakland Raider Richard Seymour Tackles World Series of Poker
Throughout his football career Seymour won three Superbowls with the New England Patriots, played in seven Pro Bowls and was considered by some to be the best defensive lineman in the game. Now...
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Phil Ivey Tops Massive 3,768-Player Day 1c of Main Event
Despite a slow start the 2014 Main Event will go down as the fifth biggest in poker history with a considerable increase of 331 players over 2013. First place will walk away with $10 million but...
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WSOP 3-Bet: Ivey's Room, Japanese Boom, Only Poker and Sex
Want the latest news and gossip emanating from the World Series of Poker at the Rio in Las Vegas? Here's where you'll find it. Today in the 3-Bet we find Phil Ivey owning a room full of poker players...
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Olympic Swimmer Xuxa Scherer Finds New Rush, Potential in Poker
Or actually, says two-time Olympic medalist Fernando "Xuxa" Scherer, there is. Competing at the highest level of international athletics. It seems like a stretch to compare sitting at a poker table...
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Brad Booth: “I've Only Missed 70 Days of Poker in 19 Years” (Video)
During the poker boom of the mid-2000s Booth was considered one of the best high-stakes cash game players on the planet. He lived at Bellagio and played in the big games with legends like Doyle...
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Anticipation Grows for 2014 BOM, Expanded Tourney Schedule Released
After hosting the largest poker tournament ever held on Malta last year the PokerListings Battle of Malta bumped the prize-pool guarantee up to €500,000 for 2014. With the same low €550 buy-in the...
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2014 WSOP Biggest Ever with 82,360 Entries, $225m in Prize Money
With registration now closed for the grand finale, the $10,000 Main Event, the final numbers for 2014 are in and the tally according to the WSOP is record-setting. Players from 107 nations. 65 events....
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Footballer John Arne Riise: Poker More Stressful Than Penalty Kicks
Currently on holiday after being released from Fulham FC, Riise decided to make the trip to Las Vegas for the biggest poker tournament in the world. “I thought why not?” said Riise while on break....
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Halifax’s Alex Livingston Primed for Another World Series of Poker Run
Livingston finished 13th in last year’s tournament winning $451,398 but ultimately falling short of the massive $8.3-million first-place prize. This year the WSOP Main Event drew 6,683 players (an...
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Jacobson Maintains Momentum on WSOP Main Event Day 2a/b
The relatively unknown Tim Stansifer actually managed to sneak into the chip lead with 481,500 in the last 30 minutes of play but Jacobson dominated much of the day and ended with 342k. The day began...
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