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Tao of Pokerati: Poker Rogue

Date: Sun, Nov 9, 2008

I go rogue to bring you the bustout of David “Chino” Rheem — supposedly the most serious pro at the table, but also the guy with the most serious criminal record. Dude knows how to play hardball, though, as we’ve all seen him on ESPN get hella lucky to get here, and the (unconfirmed) word [...]

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Chip Counts — Anybody’s Game

Date: Sun, Nov 9, 2008

Players are off on dinner break … and the chip counts are nicely on display for all to see: Ivan Demidov: 30,725,000 Peter Eastgate: 27,175,000 Dennis Phillips: 26,950,000 Ylon Schwartz: 20,475,000 Scott Montgomery: 20,300,000 Darus Suharto: 10,600,000 Damn, that’s tight poker. And I don’t mean tight tight … I mean close-tight. Before dinner break, btw, Phil Hellmuth introduced Johnny Chan, and Hellmuth [...]

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Chino More Stunned by Reporter’s Question than 7th Place Finish

Date: Sun, Nov 9, 2008

Courtesy of PokerStars Blog David “Chino” Rheem hasn’t had the best of days. After starting his trip to Vegas with some questionable logo decisions and seeming uncertainty about to follow through on a deal, it seemed that karma wasn’t on Chino’s side, and he knew it. After going through the motions at the final table and holding [...]

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Tao of Pokerati: Boo Berry

Date: Sun, Nov 9, 2008

Last Woman Standing Tiffany Michelle shows up and gets an unwarm reception from the crowd, perhaps inspiring her to play up her “bad girl” image? Oooh. Book 4: WSOP Final Table Episode 4.5: Boo Berry 4:18

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Tao of Pokerati: Bustin’ Outs

Date: Sun, Nov 9, 2008

The action picks up, with Craig Marquis and Kelly Kim busting out … Kim had some of the best fans, and for Marquis, it’s all sickness … sick to go out when he did, sick to go out how he did, and as a result, he goes home with nada, or at least nada más. [...]

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PokerStars Winning the Non-Battle of the Online SitesSix of Seven Remaining are PokerStars Players

Date: Sun, Nov 9, 2008

PokerStars had the advantage coming to the final table today with six out of the nine players on their team: Dennis Phillips, Ivan Demidov, Peter Eastgate, Ylon Schwartz, Darus Suharto, and David “Chino” Rheem. The only three players on the Full Tilt roster were Scott Montgomery, Craig Marquis, and Kelly Kim. C’mon, math geniuses, calculate [...]

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Tao of Pokerati: WSOP Main Event Final Table

Date: Sun, Nov 9, 2008

I’m having some trouble with properly title-ing this stuff … but follow along, as “Book 4″ is definitely the event going on here at the Penn and Teller Theater that we are discussing. This time, Pauly and I witness a double-up by Kelly Kim, much to his fans delight, who are suddenly fueled with new [...]

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Biggest Wow of the Day

Date: Sun, Nov 9, 2008

Jack Effel just introduced Tiffany Michelle to the crowd. Instead of cheers, she got booed!!!! A few cheers, but mostly boos, to which Effel said, “Don’t be hatin’.”

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Craig Marquis Is Out

Date: Sun, Nov 9, 2008

Our Great Dallas Hope has been eliminated. He got it all in with 77 against AQ. He flopped a set to Scott Montgomery’s flopped pair of aces … but 777 is no good against runner-runner broadway. I’m pretty sure Dallas dealer Linda didn’t throw down that river. He goes home with … er, he’s already been [...]

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Tao of Pokerati: The $32 Million Sit-n-Go

Date: Sun, Nov 9, 2008

As action gets underway, Pauly and I check out the crowds and the difference in expectation between Dennis Phillips’ and Kelly Kims’ fans before debating the name of the whole shebang — November Nine, bleh — while paying homage to Robin Leach and noting that the PBR Rodeo, which is also in town, is going [...]

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Poker Food

Date: Sun, Nov 9, 2008

You know it’s been a long time since the Summer WSOP when the Pizza Hut mini ‘zas their hawking here actually look good. I wonder if the sushi is leftovers from this summer, too.

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WSOP Final Table Photo Dump

Date: Sun, Nov 9, 2008

A quick glimpse of what everyone walked into today … and keep scrolling down for what I think, in my unconfirmed opinion, is a serious tell about which two WSOP champions are the most problematic for anyone who gives a shee-ot about poker. (Hint: Russ Hamilton is one of them.) There’s good happy poker stuff, too. [...]

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WSOPeople: Ivan DemidovFirst Hour Runaway Chipleader

Date: Sun, Nov 9, 2008

Ivan Demidov, courtesy of the PokerStars blog Within the first hour, despite having seen less than a handful of flops, one person has changed the poker-face of this table. The lone Russian, Ivan Demidov, took only one pot early in the action, but in the 18th hand of the day, he took a monster from now-former [...]

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Marketing Report: The Poker Lawyer

Date: Sun, Nov 9, 2008

One of the patches on Dennis Phillips’ shirt (and the shirts of all his fans) — ThePokerLawyer.com. TPL is actually The Schindler Firm, out of St. Louis … Josh Schindler being the main dude … he got that space via Dennis Phillips’ eBay auction, making a $19,350 donation to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society in exchange [...]

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