WPT Changes Logo Policy for Season 7
Players have spoken and Steve Lipscomb has apparently listened. As the WPT tries to recover from the fiscal beating it’s taken for the last couple years of generally crappy programming ratings at a...
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RE: Rallying the Troops
Pokerati file photo: The HB-3186 war room, led by Lavigne in Austin (standing, top left) with Texas poker politicos, player representatives, and out-of-state allies preparing for a capitol offensive....
View Article(Way) Outside the WSOP (Day 16 Afternoon Update)
What’s happening at the WSOP while some people can’t wait to turn 21 to play in Vegas. For those unfamiliar with Ozzy87, his name is Aurangzeb Sheikh, he made a WPT final table at 18, and has had...
View Article(Way) Outside the WSOP (Day 17)
Happenings from last night and the Sunday preview at the WSOP: The semifinals of the $10,000 Headsup World Championship have now been set, even if it appeared Lyle Berman didn’t want that to happen....
View Article(Way) Outside the WSOP – (Day 28 Evening Update)
What’s doing tonight at the WSOP while I welcome Tuscaloosa Johnny to the Pokerati fold: The $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha Eight or Better event is down to it’s last 3 with Casey Kastle, Martin Klaser, and...
View Article$50K HORSE Pre-Day 3: Stable Half Empty
By the end of Day 2 of the 5-day event, there were only 67 players left standing in the tournament. The 81 players who have been eliminated left $4,050,000 behind for the others. Among those gone from...
View Article(Way) Outside the WSOP – (Day 30/Week 4 Review)
Wrapping up yesterday’s action, with a preview of today’s tournament (with a moment of silence for John Bonetti): The $5,000 NL Holdem 6-handed event finally reached their final table at around 5:30am,...
View Article(Way) Outside the WSOP – (Day 31)
Finishing the action from last night, with the Sunday preview that’s not really a preview: The HORSE final table is now set for 3pm to be under the really hot lights of the ESPN cameras. Here’s how...
View ArticleAnd Then There Were Five…$50K HORSE Running Slow But Steady
It has taken over three hours to see three players hit the door in the $50K HORSE. It has seemed slow at times, but the intensity at the table dictates that this could be a long night. 8th place –...
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And Then There Were Three…Forever and Ever…
Not saying it’s not exciting to watch and follow along… Okay, maybe I am saying that. We’ve hit a rut. It has been three-handed for nearly 75 hands. While there is some form of action on many of the...
View Article(Way) Outside the WSOP – (Main Event Day 1a Evening Update)
Play started about 12:20 this afternoon for day 1a of the $10,000 NL Holdem Main Event, with the UNLV Marching Band and Wayne Newton kicking things off. I’m sure those who’ve chosen days 1b-1d are...
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(Mostly) The Real Skinny on the Future of the WPT Steve Lipscomb speaks of...
photo: Michele Lewis WSOP Commissioner Jeffrey Pollack and WPT CEO Steve Lipscomb taking in the spectacle of the main event and whatever it may suggest about what’s ahead on the poker horizon. All...
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Lyle Berman Crushes PLO Big Game at Excalibur
The 4-card hold’em action took place last night, as seen here: One of the cool things about poker at Excalibur is that it’s the one place where you can find 50-cent/1-dollar action in Las Vegas … and...
View ArticleWorld Ponzi Tour Lyle Berman takes a bath with Bernie Madoff fraud
Tough times for Lyle Berman … the World Poker Tour and PokerTek honcho apparently lost a bunch of money to the Russ Hamilton of Wall Street. Yahoo! FinanceQuote for PTEK/ Yahoo! FinanceQuote for WPTE/
View Article(Way) Outside the WSOP – Day 24 Evening Update
Recapping the early part of Friday’s WSOP action: Austin Awesome in $5,000 PLO Richard Austin took down the $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha event in stunning fashion, eliminating Cliff “JohnnyBax” Josephy and...
View Article(Way) Outside the WSOP – Main Event Day 1d Evening Update
An eventful Day 1d field is off to their dinner break with a record field of 2,808 for a starting day of the Main Event (with several hundred left out) starting around 12 this afternoon. About 2350...
View ArticleA bidding war for the World Poker Tour?
This form 8-K was just issued by WPT Enterprises (WPTE): Item 8.01 Other Events. On July 28, 2009, WPT Enterprises, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase...
View ArticleGambling Biz Today Instapoker
Here’s a quick rundown of what’s going on in one of the hungriest industries out there, and, game of skill or not, the parent biz of our beloved little poker world: ALABAMA — A small little gambling...
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Stock Donkey Report Lipscomb, Berman start new energy company
Fugk! I know I shouldn’t bemoan someone else’s success, but I just read about Steve Lipscomb and Lyle Berman’s new venture, an energy company called Voyager Oil & Gas. (Seventh item down.) Back in...
View Article(Way) Outside the WSOP – Day 4 Evening Edition
Bubble Burst in 50k The $50,000 Players’ Championship reached the bubble earlier today with day 2 chip leader Kirk Morrison the unfortunate bubble boy, leaving 16 players guaranteed almost $100,000....
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