Many poker amateurs fantasize of turning pro’s. they see the WSOP tournaments on TV and on the internet and they think to them selves – what makes this guy better than me? You enjoy playing poker, you kick your poker mates ass and you’ve played in several online poker tournament. So what’s missing? what’s that [...]
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Jeffrey Pollack’s run as World Series of Poker Commissioner is over after four years.
Pollack first joined Harrah’s in 2005 and set about to increase the global awareness of the brand. Under his watch the WSOP added events in Europe, partnered with Annie Duke and Don Cheadle to build a top flight celebrity poker event and [...]
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Antoine Saout’s roller coaster at the WSOP Main Event Final Table has come to an end. Saout was eliminated on the final hand of the night by Joe Cada.
Saout entered the day 8th in chips and after what seemed like an endless string of double-ups found himself with the chip lead when three-handed play began. [...]
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Eric Buchman was in control of the 2009 WSOP Main Event Final Table for most of the day Saturday, but early Sunday morning things took a turn for the worse.
In what was at the time the biggest pot of the tournament Buchman button raised to 2,500,000, Antoine Saout reraised to 9,000,000 and Buchman moved all-in. [...]
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Jeff Shulman’s run at a WSOP Main Event title is over. Shulman was eliminated by Antoine Saout in fifth place just after 3 am PT Sunday morning.
Shortstacked for the better part of four hours Shulman found himself all-in after Antoine Saout raised to 5,400,000 from the small blind. Shulman called all-in from the big blind [...]
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Steven Begleiter made the same mistake Phil Ivey made only minutes earlier. He tangled with Darvin Moon and watched as the best hand preflop fell to the wayside.
Begleiter raised t0 1,600,000 and Moon responded by moving all-in. Begleiter called instantly and tabled Q Q while Moon showed A Q. The flop came 8 7 4 giving [...]
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Phil Ivey will have to wait another year for a shot at the one bracelet he desires the most. Ivey, shortstacked at 6,350,000, moved all-in on the first hand back from a break and found a caller in Darvin Moon. The resulting bad beat ended his 2009 WSOP Main Event run with a 7th place [...]
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Kevin Schaffel got all his money in with the hand most poker players dream of; pocket aces versus pocket kings. Only the hand turned into a nightmare in a hurry.
Schaffel opened the betting with a raise to 1,250,000, Steven Begleiter called from the cutoff and Eric Buchman re-raised to 5,750,000. Schaffel moved all-in for 17,000,000 [...]
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It took longer than expected and included a roller coaster ride but James Akenhead was eliminated in 9th place at the WSOP Main Event Final Table.
The 26 year old Englishman started the day as the short stack with only 6,800,000 but found himself moving up the chip counts thanks to a timely triple up with [...]
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The coming week might seem a little bit Christmas for many poker fans and now BLUFF Media is hoping to play the part of Santa Claus.
With the World Series of Poker Main Event Final Table set to get underway this Saturday BLUFF is proud to announce they will be broadcasting live audio from the first [...]
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Welcome to the BLUFF Daily Buzz, where we scour the entire internet for all the latest news in and around the world of poker. If it involves chips and cards, or people known to associate with chips and cards, we’re there.
Pennsylvania poker players robbed at gunpoint
If anyone in the Pennsylvania government needs more convincing that [...]
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The last bracelet of 2009 is up for grabs now as Day 1a of the World Series of Poker Europe Main Event wrapped up late Saturday with Brian Powell holding the chip lead after six levels of play.
The £10,000 buy-in event attracted 156 players to the Casino at the Empire including November Nine hopeful Phil [...]
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Hellmuth ready for another grand entrance…
Anyone who hasn’t been living in a cave for the [...]
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