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Team Moneymaker Boot Camp, Hobbs Story Highlight WSOP Experience
The World Series of Poker is both the playground of the professional poker player and the land of dreams for the everyman, the unknown who hopes for that one moment of glory. Five years ago the dream came true for Tennessee accountant...
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2008 WSOP $10,000 NLHE Championship Day 1D: Second Largest Main Event Field in History
All the overflow areas were in play at the Rio for Day 1D of the WSOP Championship Event, as 2,461 players took the field. With registration officially closed for the event, the total number of 2008 WSOP Championship entrants climbed...
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Poker Room Review: Isle of Capri Casino, Pompano Park, FL
I drove right from the Miccosukee poker room in Miami to The Isle (as it's known) in Pompano Beach – just about thirty minutes north. Both are large, impressive rooms, offering many different types of low-limit poker...
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2008 WSOP $10,000 NLHE Championship Day 1C: Granstad Breaks 200,000
Day 1C of the WSOP Championship event saw 1,928 players take the field, making it the largest Day 1 flight thus far. Amazon Room players were treated to the world-debut performance of 'It's All About the Money' by country recording...
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2008 WSOP $10,000 NLHE Main Event Day 1B: Ben Sarnoff Tops Busy Session
While most Americans were firing up their grills and gazing skyward at Independence Day fireworks, 1,158 players filtered into the Amazon Room for Day 1B of the WSOP Championship event. In honor of the occasion, country singer Andy...
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Indiana Casino Revenue Numbers Decreased By $3 Million In June

Indiana casinos followed a nationwide trend in June, they were down almost $3 million from last year's figures, the economy is mostly to blame for all of these revenue drops....

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Gambling Ruling Could Cripple Budget In Cash Starved Florida

The recent ruling by the Supreme Court in Florida may have felt like a victory to outgoing House leader Marco Rubio, but now how will he and other Legislatures pick...

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2008 World Series: Party on...

By Stephen Bartley and Howard Swains You had to be there. Really, you had to be there. If you haven’t learned by now that the only place to be...

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2008 World Series: Night of the Hunters

There are a number of stock phrases one can use to describe the progression of a poker player through a major tournament. "Going deep" works well for a "big stack",...

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2008 World Series: The powers of Jan Heitmann

A senior PokerStars employee once told me... “Jan Heitmann is the only man in the world I’m jealous of.” When you meet Jan you quickly realise why. Not only is...

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2008 World Series: Team PokerStars Pro back in action

At the PokerStars Burlesque Party last night, Joe Hachem greeted the crowd and took some time to recognize the Team PokerStars Pros who made it to Day 2. Hachem's speech...

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Dr. Pauly at the 2008 WSOP: Celebrities at the World Series of Poker

For decades celebrities have been playing in the most prestigious poker tournament in the world. Every year a handful of actors, models, athletes, musicians, and other celebrity types show up...

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Inside the WSOP: Investigating the Curse of the Day 1 Chip Leader

Like the Sports Illustrated cover curse or the Chicago Cubs' 'Curse of the Billy Goat,' poker tournament players often refer to the curse of the Day 1 chip leader, referring...

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