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November 2009 - Bloggers

Isildur1, and the Search for the Biggest Game Around

With a screen name borrowed from a character in J.R.R. Tolkein's The Lord of the Rings, it only took the player known as "Isildur1" a few short weeks to become the star of his own...

Short-Stacked Shamus

27 Nov 2009

The Yanks and the Banks: The UIGEA and the Future of Online Poker in the U.S.

Those of us who enjoy playing online poker in the United States have experienced a number of ups and downs following the passage of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006, also known as...

Short-Stacked Shamus

20 Nov 2009

British poker player arrested for alleged murder!

Marcus Bebb-Jones, 46, has been arrested at his home in Kidderminster over the alleged murder of his wife of 12 years and now face extradition to the United States of America....

19 Nov 2009

Isildur1 continues to dominate

As reported last week, a mystery Swedish player has burst onto the high-stakes scene and has been quite literally destroying all that dare to challenge him....

16 Nov 2009

Jeffrey Pollack resigns as WSOP Commissioner

Poker lost a friend today as Jeffrey Pollack resigned from his post as WSOP Commissioner with immediate effect, in order to "explore new business challenges."...

13 Nov 2009

The Betfair Poker Interview: James McManus

Last week I reviewed Cowboys Full: The Story of Poker by James McManus, and mentioned there that I had the chance to interview the author. McManus and I spoke by phone a couple of weeks...

Short-Stacked Shamus

13 Nov 2009

Neil Channing robbed in Dublin

Popular British poker pro Neil Channing recently lived up to his nickname, "Bad Beat", after being robbed in Dublin whilst playing in a poker tournament....

12 Nov 2009

Just who is Isildur1?

Every couple of months a new "face" appears at the high stakes tables to rub shoulders with the big names of online poker....

11 Nov 2009

Joseph Cada wins the 2009 WSOP Main Event

Joseph Cada, a 21-year old from Shelby Township, Michigan has become the youngest-ever World Series of Poker Main Event Champion after defeating Darvin Moon heads-up....

10 Nov 2009

Joseph Cada and Darvin Moon prepare to do battle for the WSOP title

After a staggering 17.5 hours of play the November Nine were whittled down to just two players who will return to the felt at 2200 Las Vegas time (0600 UK Time) and play a heads-up...

9 Nov 2009

Antoine Saout busts as WSOP Main Event reaches heads-up stage

He came, he battled away, he fell just short of glory. We are talking about Frenchman Antoine Saout, the man who qualified for this amazing event for a fraction of the cost through an online...

8 Nov 2009

Eric Buchman cannot shoot the Moon

A No-limit poker tournament can completely change over the course of a single hand and that is exactly what happened to Eric Buchman. One minute he was controlling the 2009 WSOP Main Event Final Table,...

8 Nov 2009

Jeff Shulman fails to make it a father and son WSOP double

We will never know if the controversial editor of Cardplayer, Jeff Shulman really would through away his WSOP bracelet as he initially said he would do if he won, as he has been eliminated in...

8 Nov 2009

Steve Begleiter is "Greensteined"

Before the start of the WSOP Main Event Final Table, Darvin Moon announced he was nowhere near the best player on show and he was only there because he had been smacked in the face...

8 Nov 2009

WSOP dream is over for Ivey

Phil Ivey's dream of winning bracelet number eight came to an abrupt end when his hands was outflopped by logger Darvin Moon....

8 Nov 2009

Kevin Schaffel heads for the rail as his aces are cracked

Like London buses, two eliminations at the final table of the WSOP Main Event have come together, with Kevin Schaffel now heading for the rail after a cruel of bad beat....

8 Nov 2009

James Akenhead eliminated from WSOP Final Table in 9th position

James Akenhead's WSOP is over for another year as he is eliminated in 9th place, the first player to leave the final table....

8 Nov 2009

Poker Book Review: 'Cowboys Full: The Story of Poker' by James McManus

Cowboys Full: The Story of Poker, the latest offering from James McManus, has finally hit the shelves. The nearly 500-page work carefully compiles poker's colorful history into 52 chapters -- one for each card in...

Short-Stacked Shamus

6 Nov 2009

2009 WSOP Main Event Final Table Odds

The final table of the 2009 World Series of Poker Main Event is only two days away and I am as excited as a kid in a sweet shop. I am not overly excited about...

5 Nov 2009

Ziigmund loses a bet but gains a tattoo!

The majority of poker players will bet on anything. Whether it is credit card roulette after a meal with friends or betting what flavour lollipop comes out of the vending machine if there are odds...

4 Nov 2009

2009 WSOP Main Event Final Table: The Chip Leaders

We conclude our little preview of the upcoming WSOP Main Event Final Table with the three players with the most chips, The Chip Leaders....

2 Nov 2009