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1. Prop bets could net Ivey more than Main Event 1st Prize!

   Matthew Pitt / 04 August 2009 / Leave a comment

   Everyone knows poker players love to make proposition bets or prop bets are they are more commonly known. Players will bet on anything from who will last longer in a specific tournament to who can eat the most beef jerky...
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2. Four month break for the November Nine

   Matthew Pitt / 16 July 2009 / Leave a comment

   Day 8 of the World Championship $10,000 No-limit Hold'em Event started at noon Las Vegas time and just 11 hours later the 27 players who started were whittled down until only the November Nine had chips remaining. With so much...
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3. Phil Ivey in the hunt as Day 7 of $10k Main Event draws to a close

   Matthew Pitt / 15 July 2009 / Leave a comment

   There is just one more day of play until the 6,494 players who paid $10,000 to enter the 2009 World Championship No-limit Hold'em Event will have been whittled down to form the November Nine. Sixty-four players returned to unbag their...
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4. Eighth bracelet within reach for Phil Ivey

   Matthew Pitt / 14 July 2009 / Leave a comment

   After five two-hour long levels, just 64 of the last 185 players still had chips remaining and with them the now real possibility of winning over $8,500,000. Amongst those returning for Day 7 of the World Championship No-limit Hold'em Main...
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5. Tales of the Vegas Virgin -Trip Round-Up

   Dave Allan / 14 July 2009 / Leave a comment

   Betfair Poker blogger Simon Zammit reflects on his Vegas trip and signs off for one last time. Back home, re-packing my suitcase as I prepare for my holiday in Spain/ Ibiza starting tomorrow, I still cannot stop thinking about Sin...
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