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from Ben Meredith (Sent: Monday, July 3 22:44)
The first (and only) table i sit down at is a nice one - 2 rocks either side of me and the rest a bunch of fruitcakes .....
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from Ben Meredith (Sent: Monday, June 30 05:41AM)
nothing really happening card dead - Suddenly salvation arrived .... A young kid from Minnesota sits down with hair brighter than a carrot ! lol .....
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Dave's Emails From Las Vegas Dave Sellman (Sent: January 2008)
I succumbed to a bit of blackjack at CaesarsPalace. Not sure why. Perhaps it might have been because they had Pussycat Dolls as dealers.
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from Ben Meredith (Sent: Sunday, July 29 12:25AM)
( i had ironed out 3
payers ) hahaha and moved to a table full of POISSON
(french for fish ive
learnt)
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from Ben Meredith (Sent: Sunday, July 22 2:09PM)
...... Erm...... I call dawg...... you got KK? YES what you got he announces, all proudly......
I say, andy and his brother my friend.... YOINK.....
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from Ben Meredith (Sent: Tuesday, July 17 11:03PM)
I open up in first position with Ah Qh makin it 250 to go.... i get 3 callers. ... flop .... Ac 3h 4h ....
(GET IN .... Aint laying this down for shit)
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by Terry Burke (09.06.07)
The fields are significantly up on last year and the Rio poker room is teeming with thousands of poker enthusiasts and players alike.
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by Terry Burke (14.06.07)
Well, it’s about noon and we’re all off to the fabulous Wynn Hotel Resort and Casino to play cash games. This is one of the newest and currently the best and most expensive hotel on the strip.
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by Terry Burke (22.06.07)
I’m afraid the last couple of days have seen my time and money spent in the Venetian card room whilst playing mainly $5/10 no limit hold ‘em cash games.
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by Terry Burke (04.07.07)
Today, my path for the next week seems clear. I badly want to play in just two tournaments, the Omaha event starting this Sunday - and the Main Event which kicks off a week tomorrow.
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by Terry Burke (06.07.07)
I knew today's 9pm event wouldn't be the "last chance saloon" I'd previously supposed - but time and money were running out fast!
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by Terry Burke July '07)
Playing in the tournament are no less than 19 former champions, including last year’s winner Jamie Gold and Amarillo Slim who won it way back in 1972 – both former champs will go out on day one.
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Interview with the Legend by Alan Castle (31.05.07)
Across the bar, through a haze of blue smoke, I catch sight of Phil sitting in the corner with his laptop open in front of him and a big cigar jutting out from his mouth.
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by Phil Diamond (12.03.07)
I get card for seat 6 Caesar’s Palace. Empty chair on my right. Fella on my left is new to me. ‘What’s your name mate?’ I ask. ‘Barnes.’ He says. ‘Barnes. Phil. What are you drinking?’
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by Scott 'SHAA/Boom' Boyle (18.01.07)
The main reason we all play poker is to have fun, although a lot of players argue that money is the actual motivation.
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Invasion of the Body Snatchers by Phil Diamond (16.12.06)
Look! You fools! You’re in danger! Can’t you see? They’re after you! They’re after all of us! Our wives…our children…they’re here already! You’re next!
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by Scott 'SHAA/Boom' Boyle (08.12.06)
This was my first trip to Asia and I simply didn’t have any idea what to expect - to say the least. I knew that there would, of course, be the usual razzmatazz
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Verbals In The Poker Chat Room by Phil Diamond (19.11.06)
Yo!
The Diamond here. How's it hanging?
To tell the truth, I don't know what it is, but I just don't feel right at the moment. Know what I mean?
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Play Poker Like The Pros by Phil Diamond (13.11.06)
A quick word of warning about Super System 2 - it is quite expensive. (Luckily, I got mine free.) And it’s very long. I’ve read chunks of it, though it does go on a bit.
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Sweet. Sweet. Poker by Phil Diamond (23.10.06)
Quick check in the mirror. Looking foxy tonight, Phil. Sorry girls. I know it don’t seem fair. There just being the one of me an’ all.
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Some Seriously Good Advice For All Online Poker Players by Phil Diamond (12.10.06)
It's funny how you can tell a bloke is big just by hearing his voice in the dark. The girls are screaming with delight. Off! Off! Off! Off! They're chanting.
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by Scott 'SHAA/Boom' Boyle (18.08.06)
With this first article in a series he will be writing for Big Slick, Scott covers the beginning stages of most tournaments you will play online or live...
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by Scott 'SHAA/Boom' Boyle (01.09.06)
In the first article I concluded that if you play like Gus Hansen you would go broke!!! Well a certain Mr Albert “Gus Hansen” Chandra made me eat my words on Saturday night...
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by Scott 'SHAA/Boom' Boyle (26.09.06)
Well this is last in the three part series regarding tournament play and we now get down to the “Business End ” of tournament play...
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£20/£10 Rebuy At The Big Slick by Phil Diamond (20.09.06)
I get card for seat 6 Caesar’s Palace. Ray’s on my right. I ask him if he thinks we need the air-con on. He says he’s comfortable. I’m a little hot, but say nothing, I’ve got a nice cold Becks to take it down.
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by Young Mr Shakey (26.05.06)
Let’s face it, after forty years of weathering, the Royal Oak Centre looks as much at home in Purley as the Titanic would if its remains had been hauled to the surface and dumped in the middle of the road.
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by Steve 'Pommy' Ross-Bryant (07.06.06)
The American penchant for changing history is not only reserved for Hollywood Producers, it is also the case with the origins of the recent poker boom.
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