Archive for January, 2006

Apparently Erick Lindgren is so good at golf (and Phil Ivey so bad) that the two poker pros have made a bet. Ivey fancies his chances so much that he’s bet Lindgren $500000 that he can beat him over 72 holes sometime in the next eight …

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Solid Player – The term Solid Player is usually given to players that use the Doyle Brunson style of play, as described in Super Systems, the book written by Brunson, one of the most famous poker players ever. …

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With Svetlana Gromenkova on the button, the early position player , Frank Formica raised. Svetlana reraised and Frank called. The flop came the T T 3 . Frank checked and Svetlana bet. It was called. The turn came the 9 . …

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copenhagen

barney boatman, julian thew, xuyen pham , and joe grech were all present. even chris moneymaker had made the long trip. a quiet fella who was dealt a horrific bad beat. his top set was outdrawn by bottom set on the river. ouch! …

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End of day 1A wrap

Xuyen Pham is the tournament leader at the end of the first flight. She was uncharacteristically quiet for the first few hours, dribbling down to about 5000 without any major stories. But you can’t keep a bad girl down, and once she got …

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End of day 1A wrap

Xuyen Pham is the tournament leader at the end of the first flight. She was uncharacteristically quiet for the first few hours, dribbling down to about 5000 without any major stories. But you can’t keep a bad girl down, and once she got …

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End of day 1A wrap – PokerStars Poker Blog

If I needed any further proof that good things were again on the horizon, I found it on the far side of the poker room. A three-way all-in drew my attention. Aces, kings, and jacks appeared in front of the players . … “Greg is all in and Tiffany has been thinking about calling for nearly seven minutes,” he said. Greg was Greg “Fossilman” Raymer. And Tiffany was none other than Tiffany Williamson of 2005 WSOP fame. I looked at the flop. It was ten-high, rainbow. …

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