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WSOP Main Event Day 1C certainly different8 July 2010 LAS VEGAS -- Today was different. The commute from the Gold Coast to the Amazon Room in the Rio isn't far. Five minutes in the Vegas heat to cut through a parking garage and walk across the street to the Rio. Then another 10 minutes to walk from the Rio sportsbook to the Amazon Room, which contains the main playing area for the World Series of Poker Main Event.
On Monday and Tuesday, the morning commutes were the same...read moreTV cameras bring added pressure for Main Event players7 July 2010 LAS VEGAS -- A special aspect of the World Series of Poker Main Event is the fact that as long as you can afford the $10,000 entry fee, there's a chance you'll be a TV star.Annette Obrestad was the center of attention on the secondary TV table...read moreDay 1B at WSOP Main Event just sick7 July 2010 LAS VEGAS -- Sick. In the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, the primary definition for sick is "affected with disease or ill health." Oxford's Dictionary defines sick as "affected by physical or mental illness." Poker, however, defines sick differently.
Sick...read moreWSOP Main Event Day 1B news and notes7 July 2010 LAS VEGAS -- One of the perks of becoming the World Series of Poker Main Event champion, besides the millions of dollars and instant fame and recognition, is that Harrah's hangs enormous portraits of each champion along the walls of the Amazon Room.1994 Main Event champion Russ Hamilton is nowhere to be seen in this photo...read moreArticles by Howard Stutz
![]() Huck Seed wins WSOP Tournament of Champions6 July 2010 LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- Huck Seed, who was voted into the World Series of Poker's 27-player Tournament of Champions by fans, won the freeroll event and the $500,000 first prize.Seed, who was the 1996 World Series of Poker's Main Event champion, won the all-star tournament that was played off and on over a week's time and included a 16-hour final day, played during the July 4th holiday weekend at the Rio.Seed, who has won four World Series of Poker individual event championship bracelets, captured the non-bracelet event after beating Howard "the Professor" Lederer, in heads-up play.Lederer, a two-time bracelet winner, battled Seed and third-place finisher Johnny Chan for nearly 90 minutes before losing on the final hand of the night to Seed's pair of aces.Lederer collected $250,000 for second while Chan, a 10-time bracelet winner, took home $100,000 for third."I felt like this was a team thing; me and everyone who voted for me," Seed said...read moreWSOP Day 1A news and notes6 July 2010 LAS VEGAS -- The Day 1A field attracted 1,125 players, including plenty of former Main Event champions and multiple-bracelet winners. 2003 Main Event champ Chris Moneymaker survived a few all-ins and ended Day One with over 100,000 chips.Greg "Fossilman" Raymer was knocked out of the tournament in the afternoon.Mike Matusow and Erik Seidel each sat at two of the four featured tables...read moreKarma isn't kind on Day 1A of WSOP Main Event6 July 2010 LAS VEGAS -- The first day of the World Series of Poker Main Event began Monday with 1,125 players hoping the poker gods would smile on them, and one serious karmic twist.
The WSOP tapped Greg Raymer, who won the WSOP Main Event in 2004, to inaugurate play in the 2010 Main Event with the traditional call to dealers to "Shuffle up and deal." But before uttering poker's version of "Gentlemen, start your engines," Raymer had some fun reminding people he was a Main Event champ.
"We all know why we're here," Raymer told the packed Amazon Room...read moreCombination bets at roulette let you manipulate risk and reward5 July 2010 Roulette players often mix-and-match wagers. Multiple spots straight-up; groups like three-number rows, four-number corners, and 12-number dozens; and maybe an 18-number outside bet. In all manner of combinations.
Ability to cover lots of possibilities is attractive in a game whose winners are determined by the single groove where the ball lands, out of 37 or 38 slots on single- and double-zero wheels, respectively...read moreDeal Me In: In unison, yell "Monkey Monkey"2 July 2010 Dear Mark: Why do they shout "Monkey Monkey" on a baccarat game? What do monkeys have to do with baccarat? Jon T. The first time that I ever dealt mini-baccarat, Jon, I had a couple Asian players on the game that kept yelling "Monkey, Monkey." I thought they were making fun of me being a newbie dealing the game, which I was OK with, because they at least knew that Tipping was not a suburb of Shanghai...read moreVote on California online gambling bill delayed29 June 2010 State Sen. Roderick Wright, who chairs the Governmental Organization Committee in the California Senate, elected not to have his committee vote today on a bill that would create a licensing and regulatory structure for online gambling in California...read more |
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