I quite enjoy listening to players banter at the tables and thought that I would post the funnier and/or wittier ones that I hear. The first is from someone you would not expect: Allen Cunningham at the 2008 WSOP. As you see in the pic, Allen had trip Q’s against his opponents fullhouse. The other [...]
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Allen Cunningham funny comment at 2008 WSOP
Posted in WSOP, poker hands, poker tournaments, table talk, tagged poker on October 21, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Sick WSOP Main Event Hand: Royal Flush over Quad Aces!!
Posted in WSOP, poker hands, poker tournaments, tagged poker on September 4, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I was once on the right end of quads over quads. This hand is sicker than that. This is from the first epidose of the 2008 Main Event on ESPN:
Apparently the odds of that happening are 1 in 2.7 billion!
The now famous Scotty Nguyen HORSE $50,000 final table: WSOP 2008
Posted in WSOP, poker tournaments, tagged poker on August 26, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Most of you probably know about this now. Here is a nice compilation of the ‘highlights’ of the 2008 WSOP HORSE final table. Scotty Nguyen is drunk and out of control. Bad behaviour, but wow is it compelling viewing!
Understanding Variance in No Limit Holdem – 3
Posted in WSOP, poker news, poker tournaments, variance, tagged poker on June 21, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Well I am toughing it out at the moment…really struggling. Looking over my post about WCG|Rider is helping because over the last 17,000 hands I have been going nowhere. My bankroll has been fluctuating between $400 and $450 over that time….at least I haven’t had a big downturn. It is just very frustrating when every [...]
Daniel Negreanu wins 4th WSOP bracelet
Posted in WSOP, poker tournaments, tagged poker on June 14, 2008 | 2 Comments »
A bit belated but congratulations to Daniel Negreanu, my favourite player, who won event #20 at the 2008 WSOP ($2000 Limit Holdem) to capture his 4th WSOP bracelet. His last bracelet was in the same event 4 years ago.
It has been a good week for Negreanu money wise. He won just over $200,000 for winning [...]
WSOP 2008 has started!
Posted in WSOP, poker tournaments, tagged poker on May 31, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Exciting times if you are in Vegas right now. The 2008 World Series of Poker event has started at the Rio.
Yes, I know, a few years old, but hey…..good Aussie memories.
The first event is the $10,000 Pot Limit Holdem Event, which emphasises one of the changes for this year; an increase in $10,000 events meaning [...]
Cheating on Absolute Poker
Posted in online poker, poker cheating, poker news, poker tournaments, tagged poker on October 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I am a bit behind the 8 ball on this story, but it needs to be posted. I am not sure whether this story, or the WCOOP Main Event story came first, but both are a worry.
From cardplayer.com: “The Kahnawake Gaming Commission (KGC) has hired an independent auditor to investigate claims that Absolute Poker’s security [...]
WCOOP Main Event Winner, “TheV0id”, has been Disqualified
Posted in online poker, poker cheating, poker news, poker tournaments, tagged poker on October 16, 2007 | 1 Comment »
This is big news.
“The investigation into the WCOOP Main Event has now been concluded.
We have determined, based on the totality of evidence, that the tournament winner “TheV0id” was in breach of the PokerStars Terms of Service.
In the interests of Game Integrity, “TheV0id” has been disqualified from first place.
All other WCOOP Main Event prizewinners in addition [...]
“TheV0id” wins $1.2 million as winner of WCOOP
Posted in online poker, poker tournaments on October 2, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Well the Main Event of PokerStars WCOOP is over and the winner is TheV0id who won almost $1.4 million dollars. Wow. The tournament lasted almost 22 hours, and Vanessa Rousso (LadyMaverick) came third. Congratulations Vanessa!!
Cardplayer.com reports “The no-limit hold’em event, which concluded the 23-event series, had a buy-in of $2,500 (with $100 entry fee) [...]
