Dec 31
2009 saw another multi-bracelet winner emerge in Jeffrey Lisandro, who joined Phil Ivey, Phil Hellmuth, Puggy Pearson and Ted Forrest on the list of poker players who have won three bracelets in one WSOP. …
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2009's most significant poker stories part 1 | PokerStop.com
Dec 31
In the final months of the decade he finished second to Barry Shulman at the WSOP Europe main event and overtook Jamie Gold on the all-time money list. It’s players like Kid Poker who are helping to change the public’s perception of …
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The Decade's 25 Most Influential People in Poker
Dec 31
Someone who strikes fear in every player no matter the game is Phil Ivey. Widely considered the best poker player in the world, Ivey did plenty to cement his place at the top. Starting with the 2009 WSOP Ivey was able to win his 6th and 7th … After the dust settled Cada was able to beat out Moon, becoming the youngest player to ever win the Main Event. Peter Eastgate , the 2008 Main Event champion, was also 21 at the time of his win, but is 3 weeks older than Cada. …
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2009 — A Year in Review – Spenda's Blog
Dec 31
Calling 3bets – If villain is almost certainly 3betting AAxx, we’d first like to know if he’ll fold postflop – a player who gets it all in w an overpair is a goldmine and is spewing implied odds. … But it’s also a pot management exercise – open raising psb limits your ability to make plays postflop if you have 100bb’s effective. Vanessa Selbst makes this point explicitly, but bluntly I haven’t had much success w less than psb open raises to this point. …
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Dec 31
A $50000 buy-in cash game features a star-studded lineup of Brandon Adams, Todd Brunson, Chris Ferguson , Matusow, Esfandiari, and Hellmuth. A press release distributed by Poker PROductions notes, “Any time Matusow and Hellmuth play …
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Dec 31
spot just below Hugh Jackman (A big thank you to Jerry Yang for his donations). I ws determined help, co-ordinate and raise whatever dunds II was obsessed I dragged my own damily from a fire, these tjings cause such obsessions. …
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Poker Down Under and Every At which place Else: The Year That Was
Dec 31
They have formed a partnership with professional poker player and gambler, Eric “Basebaldy” Baldwin. Baldwin has exploded onto the poker scene of the last year, and has earned over $1.5 million. Baldwin, who hails from Illinois, … “Eric Baldwin isn’t just a new UB pro, he is UB,” said consultant for UB.com, Annie Duke . The team at UB.com are particularly impressed with Baldwin’s love for the game. They have noticed that he plays to win and has gained respect amongst his …
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Online Casino Sponsors 2009 Player of the Year | Online Casinos
Dec 31
Read a couple more poker books near year’s end, both autobiographies. I’d review Doyle Brunson’s The Godfather of Poker over at Betfair, but also wrote a piece here — “ Doyle Brunson’s Confessions” — in which I talked about how the book reminded me more than … I also wrote here a “Poker Book Review: Victoria Coren’s For Richer, For Poorer: A Love Affair With Poker” — a funny, even “literary” book I’d think should appeal to any poker player who likes good storytelling. …
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Hard-Boiled Poker 2009 Year in Review (3 of 3) | Casino Planet Cash
Dec 31
The beautiful poker player slash genius Vanessa Rousso has just fulfilled one of her life-time dreams by buying a gorgeous yellow Lamborhini Gallardo. Obviously.
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A Dream Car for Vanessa Rousso | My Dream Car Blog
Dec 31
Top 5 of 2009: Phil Ivey Makes the November Nine PokerListings.com 1 on PokerListings’ Top Five Poker News Stories of 2009. PokerListings has criss-crossed the planet this year bringing you the biggest and best poker news … … Poker Media Group · OFFERS ON THIS WEBSITE ARE NOT VALID FOR U.S. RESIDENTS OR OTHER PLACES WHERE NOT LEGAL. U.S. players may play the free games on site. Check with your local jurisdiction regarding the legality of internet poker in your country.
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Top 5 of 2009: Phil Ivey Makes the November Nine – PokerListings …
Dec 31
Ivey’s victory over Amarillo Slim might have been the passing of the torch moment in poker two years earlier, but his results in ’02 was him grabbing the mantle of best poker player in the world and threatening to never release it. … Gold Bracelt Match Play over Phil Hellmuth in a Main Event Grudge match of sorts), Jennifer Harmon (5k Limit Hold’em), and Mike Matusow (Omaha Hi-Lo Split over good friend and frequent ribber Daniel Negreanu ) all won bracelets in ’02. …
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Decade in Review: World Series of Poker Champions 2002
Dec 31
PokerListings concludes its countdown of the Top Five Poker News Stories of 2009 with No. 1: Phil Ivey Makes the November Nine. … 1: Phil Ivey Makes the November Nine. You simply can’t have a bigger story than the consensus best player on the planet making the final table of the biggest tournament in the world. After finishing 23rd in 2002, a heartbreaking 10th in 2003 and 20th in 2005, Phil Ivey finally reached the final table of the 2009 World Series of Poker Main …
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Top 5 of 2009: Phil Ivey Makes the November Nine
Dec 31
Also, this particular site offers different promotions and bounty tournaments where in the poker players will have the chance to beat the owner of the site – Doyle Brunson , his son, Todd Brunson and other professional poker players . …
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Internet Poker Rooms – Which Ones Should You Play At? – Bonnie Space
Dec 31
Want to know what poker pros are resolving to do for the new year? Pokernewsdaily.com catches up with a few big names in this story. And check out a series of interviews with cardplayer.com below with the likes of Isabelle Mercier and Phil Laak: Earlier we reported on the suspension of Full Tilt Poker red pro Brian Townsend for using other players ‘ hand histories to help him play high-stakes games with “Isildur1.” A little bit of reaction here from the pokerverse in a …
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