Tag Archive | "World Series of Poker"

Poker History and the 2009 World Series of Poker

Thursday, May 27, 2010

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In Las Vegas the preparations are ongoing for the 2010 World Series of Poker extravaganza. Poker dealers are being intensively trained and hundreds of poker tables shipped to the casinos in anticipation of large player pools for each tournament. Poker players from around the world are practising their poker games and planning which events they [...]

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Did They Think I Was Cheating?

Sunday, September 20, 2009

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I have seen something during live poker tournaments lately that I have not seen in many recent years. At least twice an hour, the dealer at my table will go through and count all of the cards in the deck after the river has been dealt. Also, other than a drink holder and card protector, [...]

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Tournament and Cash Games Issues

Monday, December 8, 2008

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Hello, First, I would like to thank you for creating a wonderful site like this one. It has been a great help to me and to many others. Well, I am actually here right now because of the two questions about the showdown of hands in tournament and cash games that I’ve been wanting to [...]

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David Benyamine

Sunday, November 2, 2008

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When most people think of the name David Benyamine, they typically think high-stakes cash game player. While this is true, Benyamine is also a fearsome tournament player as well. Poker was not always his intended career path. Benyamine had intended to become a professional Tennis player, but back problems forced him to give up that [...]

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David “The Dragon” Pham

Sunday, November 2, 2008

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David “The Dragon” Pham was born in South Vietnam in 1967. He fled Vietnam when he was 17 on a boat of 145 people who were looking to make it to America. Only 46 of them survived to see the United States. Once Pham was in the US, he went to work for his cousin [...]

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Max Pescatori – The Italian Pirate

Saturday, November 1, 2008

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“The Italian Pirate” Max Pescatori was born in 1971 in Milan, Italy. He moved to Las Vegas in 1994 and started his poker career playing Seven Card Stud at the Luxor. Over time he began to switch over to Holdem due to the fact it was more popular and much more profitable. While he played, [...]

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Paul “Eskimo” Clark

Friday, October 31, 2008

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Paul “Eskimo” Clark was born in New Orleans, LA. He served during the Vietnam War where he served as a medic. Not much else is known about the background for this long time players other than those facts. For over 20 years, Clark has been spotted at many high stakes games and in tournaments around [...]

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John Gale

Friday, October 31, 2008

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John Gale’s ascent to the heights of tournament poker is very reminincent of John Bonetti’s beginnings in poker. Gale had been a business consultant for many years and had even started his own business. He did play poker on the side but not seriously. It wasn’t until won a satellite on PokerStars.com for the 2005 [...]

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Josh Arieh

Friday, October 31, 2008

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Josh Arieh started his poker career as an aside to playing pool. After the games would finish, he would many times go back to play poker with them. He soon discovered that poker was insanely profitably and so he started working on his game. Soon he started hosting his own games and then moved on [...]

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“Captain” Tom Franklin

Friday, October 31, 2008

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“Captain” Tom Franklin has been a regular in the poker world for nearly 30 years. At some point during his life, he received training as a pilot, and that’s where he earned his nickname of “Captain.” He started playing poker in the 70’s, but from his tournament records, it looks like he focused primarily on [...]

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