Forum: Televised Poker
11-29-2005, 12:56 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 107
Re: Being Broke
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Who are some people who have made a lot of money in poker and never been broke?
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Forum: Televised Poker
08-31-2005, 03:46 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 154
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Forum: Televised Poker
08-28-2005, 07:02 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 91
Re: Pretty crazy day 1 of WPT Legends tourney
I was a bit dismayed by the 4:15pm start time as well, and asked one of the tournament directors why they did it that way. His response -- which makes sense -- is that there are a number of local...
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Forum: Televised Poker
08-28-2005, 01:26 PM
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Replies: 104
Views: 438
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Forum: Televised Poker
08-27-2005, 11:46 AM
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Replies: 104
Views: 438
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Forum: Televised Poker
08-27-2005, 12:41 AM
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Replies: 104
Views: 438
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Forum: Televised Poker
08-22-2005, 11:42 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 91
Re: Poker on television through 8/27/05
The second show on Tuesday is Event #4...the $1500 Limit event.
While this one wasn't supposed to be televised, the schedules got rearranged, and this one made it.
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Forum: Televised Poker
07-25-2005, 10:16 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 185
Re: Why do the pros always peek at their cards?
In my experience (and this is something I've noticed for years and have spoken to a lot of people bout), players more often look back at their cards before throwing them in (after winning the pot),...
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Forum: Televised Poker
07-24-2005, 04:44 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 92
Re: A comment on staking
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its a huge problem...
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Perhaps you could explain why you think it's a huge problem? In plenty of other sports/games, the primary competitor is not the same person as the...
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Forum: Televised Poker
07-21-2005, 03:06 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 86
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Forum: Televised Poker
07-18-2005, 02:19 AM
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Replies: 40
Views: 261
Re: so exactly how much cash was on the table?
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I'm not privy to what happened during the main event, but I can relay this experience from my final table.
After I busted, they brought me over to do an exit interview, near where the...
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Forum: Televised Poker
07-17-2005, 12:12 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 108
Re: WSOP player of the year?
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Kind of an odd point system with Cardplayer....
Cunningham gets 960 points for winning an event with 2,305 players, $1,500 buy-in.
Witteles gets 1,440 points for winning an event...
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Forum: Televised Poker
07-17-2005, 12:09 PM
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Replies: 40
Views: 261
Re: so exactly how much cash was on the table?
I played in an earlier final table this year, and the cash on the table was $1 bills with two $100 bills on the outside of each bundle.
Of course, it's possible that this time it's all $100s...
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Forum: Televised Poker
07-17-2005, 12:08 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 91
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Forum: Televised Poker
07-17-2005, 12:07 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 91
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Forum: Televised Poker
07-15-2005, 05:04 PM
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Replies: 1,267
Views: 4,212
Re: Would you take Matusow at 8-3?
For those amounts, they will pay 35% in Federal taxes, plus any State taxes due (I live in California, and it's another 9.3%).
Of course, buy-in fees and any other tournament or side-game losses...
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Forum: Televised Poker
07-15-2005, 12:01 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 92
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Forum: Televised Poker
07-13-2005, 02:56 PM
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Replies: 99
Views: 1,062
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Forum: Televised Poker
07-10-2005, 03:28 AM
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Replies: 23
Views: 182
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Forum: Multi-table Tournaments
07-09-2005, 03:56 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 36
ME Bust Hand
Looking for some feedback on my main event bust hand...
Moved to a new table during the fourth round (100-200 blinds + $25 ante). Player on my right seems pretty typical -- about 28 years old,...
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Forum: Televised Poker
07-08-2005, 01:02 PM
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Replies: 38
Views: 240
Re: Why it sucks to stroll in late sometimes
I got moved to Layne's table at about 4pm (he looked horrible, btw). At the time, he had about $10K in chips, and was just starting to get aggressive with them. Of the first three hands I was at...
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Forum: Televised Poker
07-08-2005, 02:21 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 117
Re: Eskimo Clark.....
How about Layne Flack, based on how he's looked the last couple times I've played with him...
Sat with him in both the $3K NLH last week, and the main event today, and he's not looking good. Eyes...
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Forum: Televised Poker
07-06-2005, 08:25 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 93
Re: WSOP Event 44 $1000 NLHE - field size?
I don't believe they have any more room (or dealers) than they've had for the first 40 events, so I would imagine that they'd have to use only the 200 tables currently in the room for both the ME and...
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Forum: Televised Poker
07-06-2005, 11:21 AM
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Replies: 26
Views: 189
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Forum: Televised Poker
07-05-2005, 10:20 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 99
Re: ME entrant numbers?
Talked to the tournament director the other night, and he said that they would "almost certainly" cap the entrants at 6600 (2000 per day, with 200 alternates per day).
He said the main reason...
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