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 [...]
WSOP: The long version
August 8th, 2006 · 7 Comments
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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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Clever viral marketing campaign
May 26th, 2006 · Comments Off
It’s no secret that blogs are a great advertising medium. The trick for companies is finding out how to attract the attention of bloggers to get them to talk about their product.
PokerStars, an online poker site, has figured out a way by offering up around $40k of prizes to bloggers via a free tournament. [...]
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