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The $5000 Pot-Limit Hold'em event on Monday was a bigger buy-in with an understandably smaller field. And it was a field to behold. It seemed every table hosted a champion. Making it through to day two of the three-day event would prove to be more than a challenge. With all...more

Be sure to see the post below this one for PokerStars player Eric "erbloore" Bloore's final table appearance here at the WSOPIt's a big buy-in event here at the WSOP. Five thousand bucks gets you a seat among the biggest names in poker. A few players of PokerStars or European...more

"There's making the money, there's making the final table, and then there's winning the bracelet." --Eric "erbloore" Bloore Eric Bloore said those words just a few minutes ago as he prepared to sit down at the $1500 PL Omaha final table at the WSOP. In short, he knows he's shortstacked,...more

Sure, he only had four thousand in chips left. Sure, he had to get all in with JT58 doubled suited. Sure, he had to catch his five and eight to beat a guy with aces. And sure, it took a double bust-out on the other table (resulting in a trademark...more

The good players will tell you that it's all about focus. Hour upon hour of looking at the same damned cards, enduring the muscle tension and constant jabbering of the guy in the one-seat. It can take its toll. And then there are the distractions. They are everywhere.Allow me to...more

Updates below Noah "Exclusive" BoekenNoah "Exclusive" Boeken, EPT Scandinavian Open Champion and PokerStars standout, is in the final nine players of the World Series of Poker $2500 Limit Hold'em event.Noah doubled up on the last hand before the dinner break after turning an ace with AK versus his opponent who...more

Be sure to see all the posts below, including PokerStars player Brett Favre's cash in yesterday's eventAt 6pm, the sun still hangs high in the sky over the Nevada mountains. Giant cranes sit dormant, sky-hugging towers under construction left unattended for the weekend. The Gold Coast Casino will have another...more

If the felt were the gridiron and William "Brett Favre" Jensen were up against a real defensive line, that line would've been called "The Queens." Jensen, a PokerStars standout and roommate to a WSOP bracelet-holder, came to play in the second round of the $1500 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout. In the...more

Something about shootouts gives me an ulcer. Not a bad one. Just the kind that makes my stomach hurt a little and convinces me life isn't fair. At first, there is that sense of "I only have to make it through nine other players to make it into the money."...more

PokerStars' Steve Zoine just misses $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em braceletPoker journalist and one-time WSOP main event final tabler Jim McManus once wrote about facing T.J. Cloutier for the first time. The man's size, snarl, and growl can set the toughest of souls on their heels. McManus at one point told the...more

Another PokerStars player hits a final table; One of PokerStars own is in the money; and an introduction from Las VegasThe media credential maven fanned herself as she handed over my hall pass. "It's hot in here today," she mused.I took my credentials that give me inside-the-rail access, looked at...more

...Forbes.com is profiling the game's top players.This blog is about to go full time from the World Series. Until then, check out this link of an interview of PokerStars' own Greg Raymer from the WSOP....more

Blog Headquarters is empty this week while we tune up the engines in preparation for some hard core World Series of Poker coverage. I spent the weekend in Vegas as the World Series kicked off. I'll have more on the scene later. I'm re-charging my batteries on the coast for...more

It's good, I suppose, that the Washington Post's Deep Throat decided to come forward this week after decades of hiding in the shadows. Now, the nation's capital is so rightly excited, without some sense of balance, the country just might tip over into the Atlantic.Fortunately for all of those land...more