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Deal Me In: Distrust any shuffling machine that smiles at you

Dear Mark: I would like to know if the shuffling machines, specifically the Shuffle Master, could be programmed/set to deal out certain kinds of hands like straights, flushes, 4-of-a-kinds on table games such as four-card poker, crazy four-card poker, three-card poker, etc? I've been told by dealers yes and no...read more

Black Friday effects worn by players at Main Event

LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- When the U.S. Department of Justice indicted the founders of PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker and Absolute Poker on April 15, many pundits expected to see big changes at the World Series of Poker. They were predicting everything from major drops in field sizes to major changes in wardrobes.Who could blame them? According to PokerScout, traffic fell at all three seized sites by more than 25 percent in the immediate aftermath of the indictments.This left those three rooms in a bind...read more

Texas Dolly decides to play, but is eliminated from WSOP

LAS VEGAS -- The World Series of Poker Main Event kicked off Thursday with Doyle Brunson, who earlier had announced he wasn’t planning on playing in poker's marquee event, changing his mind and sitting at ESPN’s featured table after asking dealers to "shuffle up and deal." Six hours later, Brunson was eliminated from the tournament he hadn’t really wanted to play in the first place.After busting out of the $50,000 Poker Player's Championship earlier in the week, Brunson tweeted that he wouldn't be playing in the Main Event."No main event for me," tweeted Brunson...read more

Hellmuth a class act in defeat

LAS VEGAS – Make no mistake, Antonio Esfandiari was rooting for his good friend Brian Rast during heads-up play against Phil Hellmuth in the $50,000 Poker Player’s Championship at the World Series of Poker on Wednesday night at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino...read more

Rast overcomes massive deficit to defeat Hellmuth, win WSOP $50K

LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- Wednesday was supposed to be Phil Hellmuith’s day. It was supposed to be the day Hellmuth answered critics who said he wasn’t one of the greats anymore -- that he couldn’t hack it in non-Hold’em events.And for most of Wednesday (and early Thursday morning), Hellmuth looked to be firmly in control of his quest to win the World Series of Poker’s $50,000 Poker Player’s Championship...read more

Hellmuth having a good time in $50K Poker Player's Championship

You know it’s a big tournament when Phil Hellmuth’s wife is in the building.Hellmuth, who already has two runner-up finishes at this year’s World Series of Poker, entered Day 4 of the $50,000 Poker Player’s Championship in fifth chip position, holding nearly twice the average chip stack with 29 players remaining...read more

WSOP Poker Player's Championship notebook: The 'F Bombs' were flying

For 15 minutes Tuesday, F bombs were flying at the WSOP $50,000 Poker Player's Championship. In fact, the only thing missing from the event was Cee-Lo Green singing his hit song F**k You (Warning: Link includes adult language).The fireworks began when Scott Seiver dropped an F bomb with just three tables remaining in the tournament...read more

A cash game pro fits right in at the $50,000 Poker Player's Championship

You’ve got to give it to Abe Mosseri. The man knows his strengths and his weaknesses.While playing in the $50,000 Poker Player’s Championship at the World Series of Poker, Mosseri was asked by another player if he was going to sit out the entire round of pot-limit Omaha and wait until the game changed to 2-7 Triple Draw, one of his best games."Well, I’ll play a hand if I get dealt aces," Mosseri quipped.A few minutes later, sitting in the big blind and facing a raise from middle position and a call from Doug Booth in the small blind, Mosseri announced a re-raise and put nearly half of his chips out in front of him...read more

Top-10 tweets from the $50K at the WSOP

Even though I’m at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino to cover the World Series of Poker’s $50,000 Poker Player’s Championship, I can’t be everywhere at once. Which is why Twitter is amazing.Many of the players who entered the Poker Player's Championship have a significant following on Twitter, and beyond chip counts and bad beat stories, you get a good insight into the players by reading what they post.Here are the top-10 tweets and/or exchanges via Twitter after two days of the Poker Player’s Championship.10...read more

Youth being served at WSOP $50K event

LAS VEGAS -- When a $50,000 buy-in event was held during the World Series of Poker for the first time in 2006, the tournament’s registration list was littered with players who are already in the Poker Hall of Fame, along with those who are destined to be inducted someday down the road.The final table of that tournament was one for the ages: Andy Bloch; Doyle Brunson; T.J...read more