… Tony Ma, Phil Ivey, John Cernuto, David Pham , Joe Awada, Antonio Esfandiari and others to the tables. It also brought out many superior regional poker players who are well known and respected in their areas of the country. …

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the remainder of the field is another who’s who list of poker players with well known professional player, erick lindgren, taking the second spot and $430521. the only female to make the table, mimi tran , a tough professional out of …

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levels in the bellagio challenge cup are 90 minutes long and every player gets $10k in chips. i spotted mimi tran , allen cunningham, melissa hayden, john juanda, john phan, scotty nguyen, tj cloutier, tobey maguire, scott bigler, …

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Who Will Be The Top Dog at WSOP? That is the question on everyone’s mind as the 2005 World Series of Poker enters its third round with only 272 top poker players remaining. … is the resilient Greg ‘Fossilman’ Raymer, who won last year’s WSOP. His stack is about $700 000. 1994 WSOP victor, Russ Hamilton, is also still in the running. Other big poker names remaining in the field include Howard Lederer, Phil Ivey, John Juanda , Mike Matusow, Layne Flack and Paul Darden. …

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… I said mercy and left, completely forgetting to stick around to see who won when Kristy Gazes was heads-up with Ted Forrest (I was glad to hear Gazes won, I was rooting for her since Clonie Gowen sucked out on her). … But I may very well skip the $140 a week that Luxor pays to poker players in favor of someplace else where I don’t continually lose. If not just to save face and embarrassment. Many of Luxor’s dealers play out of uniform and many regulars play, …

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tiffany williamson , a 33 year old corporate attorney, who won her way into this years wsop from gutshot poker. she’s with in 17 players of making the final table of the world series main event, where a payday of $1 million if she gets …

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If Raymer wins this year, it won’t because his skills are so far superior to the field’s abilities. Rather, it’s because Raymer is an excellent player on an unbelievable rush. I’m quite sure that Greg would agree with Paul on this point. ….. Here is a breakdown of when all our 27 finalists began their quest for the World Series of Poker final table and the $7.5 million top prize: Day 1: (8) Tiffany Williamson , Joseph Hachem, Aaron Kanter, Greg Raymer, Conor Tate, …

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tiffany williamson is a 26 year old columbia grad who now practices law in london (see her firm’s web page here), and reportedly earned her wsop seat through an internet qualifier that cost 40 pounds to enter. …

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While we’re unsure of the exact action pre-flop, it appears the three-seat raise and the lone female left in the field, Tiffany Williamson (sitting on two million in chips), either called or re-raised. Right beside her, Greg “Fossilman” Raymer pushed in every … He had more chips than any other PokerStars player . The final nail was getting all in against Ireland’s Andy Black. Thorn had kings, Black had aces. The board was no help. Thorn left in 42nd place for $235390. …

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others wondered if an unknown player was going to win this year. tiffany williamson , an american born attorney who works in london, emerged as the cinderella story. she’s started day 4 as one of six female players remaining. …

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I sense some bias from a U.K. player . She’s a North American though. But, first they have to get to the same table and I bet Phil is the one holding AQ. Tiffany Williamson is wearing the Gutshot shirt in black next to Juanda. …. Moneymaker was good for poker in terms of money. Raymer is good for poker period. I like Chris, but Raymer is the type of player that can elevate the game. Dustin “Neverwin” Woolf is a top online and live player period. …

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4) Tiffany Williamson 5) John Juanda 6) Yakov Hirsch I’m rooting for Ivey and Juanda because they are two of the greatest tournament players around and I generally like to see the best man win. Raymer repeating as champion, while going through two fields that combined to have nearly 9000 players , would be maybe the single most amazing feat in poker history. With Matusow, I just think it would be funny if the second-most despised player in all of poker (behind Phil …

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Red Juice by Hoa Nguyen Effing Magazine #6 (& Scott Pierce’s some bridges migrate, from small fires press) From Noemi Press: Moveable Types by Jenny Boully Little Dividing Doors in the Mind by Karla Kelsey From Cuneiform Press: BILL BERKSON’S Sudden Address: … The Poker #8 kadar koli #1. Daylight on the Wires by Eli Drabman (Vigilance Society) Brief History of Girl as Match by Kristy Bowen (Dusie Kolektiv) The Eye of the Falcon (CD) by Anne Waldman & Ambrose Bye …

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Dos Press Chapbook Series: Recently Received

I actually picked up Barry’s book today – he as a chapter titled, The Best Poker Player in the World. In his closing paragraph of the chapter, he states, “So, who is the best player in the world? The answer is: No one. …. Allen Cunningham has really performed amazingly throughout the series–and in a variety of games. If I’m not mistaken he’s made final tables in PLO, 0/8, PLHE and NLHE. He’s also completely unpretentious and unassuming, which is why he makes less noise …

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