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WSOP: The long version

August 8th, 2006 · 7 Comments

The Biggest Poker Tournament Ever Held
I went by the Rio early the day before to pick up my ticket. It was awesome looking into the empty poker room at the Rio and seeing hundreds of poker tables lined up and ready. When it was full it was chaos — the halls were packed [...]

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WSOP: The short version

July 31st, 2006 · 5 Comments

I’m out.
I lasted about 11 1/2 hours, which was good enough to beat about 1/2 the field, but still nowhere close to the money. I’m certainly not happy about busting out, but it was otherwise an incredible experience.
I had the unfortunate pleasure of being two to the left of Daniel Negreanu for all but two [...]

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