Poker Book Review: 'A Rubber Band Story and other Poker Tales' by Tommy Angelo

"Always with a pen in my pocket and an eye on the outrageous." That's how poker player, writer, and coach Tommy Angelo refers to himself in his newest offering, A Rubber Band Story and other...

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Short-Stacked Shamus

29 Jul 2011

WSOP Hand of the Day: John Hewitt vs. Badih Bounahra

Play has ended for the summer at the 2011 World Series of Poker, with the Main Event's November Nine having finally been determined around 2 a.m. this morning. Martin Staszko of the Czech Republic will...

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Short-Stacked Shamus

20 Jul 2011

WSOP Hand of the Day: Hilton Laborda vs. Matt Giannetti

It was a day full of fast-paced action yesterday at the 2011 World Series of Poker Main Event. Day 7 saw the field shrink from 57 to 22 over the course of five 120-minute levels....

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Short-Stacked Shamus

19 Jul 2011

WSOP Hand of the Day: Ryan Lenaghan vs. Bryan Follain

Yet another exciting day at the 2011 World Series of Poker Main Event, as the field has now shrunk to 57 players. After starting Day 6 with only 750,000 chips (102nd of 142), Ryan Lenaghan...

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Short-Stacked Shamus

18 Jul 2011

WSOP Hand of the Day: Sebastian Ruthenberg vs. Evan McNiff

Yesterday's Day 5 of the 2011 World Series of Poker Main Event saw more exciting hands and rising drama as the field shrunk and the prize money increased. Your humble scribbler was stationed over at...

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Short-Stacked Shamus

17 Jul 2011

WSOP Hand of the Day: Vanessa Rousso vs. David Bach

Day 4 of the World Series of Poker Main Event saw players make the money early in the day (during Level 16), then came lots of eliminations as big stacks began to appear around the...

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Short-Stacked Shamus

16 Jul 2011

WSOP Hand of the Day: Shaun Deeb vs. Max Heinzelmann

It was another exciting day and night at the 2011 World Series of Poker Main Event yesterday. As the field shrunk down to 853, there were numerous big-pot confrontations and dramatic eliminations. Adding further buzz...

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Short-Stacked Shamus

15 Jul 2011

WSOP Hands of the Day: Spectacular Three-Way Action

Like the previous Day Two, Day 2b of the 2011 World Series of Poker Main Event saw lots of chip movement and eliminations occurring, with just 1,042 of the 2,490 players who started the day...

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Short-Stacked Shamus

13 Jul 2011

WSOP Hand of the Day: Tom McCormick vs. Corrie Wunstel

The first of the Day Twos played out yesterday at the 2011 World Series of Poker Main Event, with the Russian Aleksandr Mozhnyakov ending the day bagging up the most chips of anyone with 478,600....

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Short-Stacked Shamus

12 Jul 2011

WSOP Hand of the Day: Kevin MacPhee vs. Tommy Vedes

As expected, Day 1d of the 2011 World Series of Poker Main Event drew the largest field of the four Day Ones, with 2,809 entrants choosing Sunday as the day to start their tourney journeys....

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Short-Stacked Shamus

11 Jul 2011

WSOP Hand of the Day: Mike Johnson vs. Yury Gulyy

Day 1c of the 2011 World Series of Poker Main Event saw a big turnout of 2,181 players, more than doubling the sub-1,000 player fields on each of the first two Day Ones. And word...

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Short-Stacked Shamus

10 Jul 2011

WSOP Hand of the Day: Maxim Lykov vs. Ben Lamb

Among the stories swirling about the Amazon Room during Day 1b of the 2011 World Series of Poker Main Event, a couple in particular stood out. One concerned the turnout, with ongoing speculation regarding what...

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Short-Stacked Shamus

9 Jul 2011

WSOP Hand of the Day: Tom Schneider vs. Greg Raymer

The 2011 World Series of Poker Main Event kicked off yesterday with Day 1a, the first of four Day Ones. A total of 897 entrants turned out on Thursday, down from last year's Day 1a...

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Short-Stacked Shamus

8 Jul 2011

WSOP Hand of the Day: Brian Rast vs. Phil Hellmuth

An incredibly exciting finale last night to Event No. 55, the $50,000 Poker Player's Championship, ultimately won by Brian Rast following a lengthy heads-up duel with Phil Hellmuth. (See Matthew Pitt's full report of the...

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Short-Stacked Shamus

7 Jul 2011

WSOP Hand of the Day: Scott Seiver vs. Brian Rast

Day 4 of the $50,000 Poker Player's Championship (Event #55) ran quite long last night, not stopping until just before 6 a.m. when the sun had already risen over the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino....

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Short-Stacked Shamus

6 Jul 2011

WSOP Hand of the Day: Minh Ly, Justin Smith, and Michael Binger

There were a number of intriguing hands from Day 3 of Event #55, the $50,000 Poker Player's Championship in which players rotate through a mix of eight different games until they reach the no-limit hold'em-only...

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Short-Stacked Shamus

5 Jul 2011

WSOP Hand of the Day: Marsha Wolak vs. Karina Jett

Event #53, the $1,000 Ladies No-Limit Hold'em Championship, concluded yesterday with Marsha Wolak the victor, besting a whopping field of 1,055 to take the bracelet and $192,344 first prize. As always, the event stirred a...

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Short-Stacked Shamus

4 Jul 2011

WSOP Hand of the Day: Phil Hellmuth vs. Robert Mizrachi

Yesterday was another busy day at the World Series of Poker, with no less than six different events happening at some point during the day. A couple of bracelets were won yesterday, including one in...

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Short-Stacked Shamus

1 Jul 2011

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