November Nine Down to the Final Two
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A packed house at the Penn & Teller Theater
The November Nine was finally upon us! After a 117 day layoff, the final able of the 2008 WSOP Main Event resumed play. The location was shifted to the Penn & Teller Theatre at the Rio where the final table set up was reconstructed on the main stage. The audience was packed with media reps from all over the world and plenty of spectators that included friends and family of the November Nine.
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Dennis Phillips look alikes
Dennis Phillips had the largest contingency. He had over 350 people fly in from St. Louis. They all dressed just like Phillips and sported a white oxford shirt (with plenty of logos) and a red St. Louis Cardinals baseball hat.
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Jeffrey Pollack, Doyle Brunson, Dewey Tomko, Mori Eskandari
Some of the biggest names in poker where in attendance including Phil Hellmuth, Johnny Chan, Doyle Brunson, Phil Gordon, Barry Greenstien, The Grinder, Johnny Bax, and Chris Moneymaker.
Action was scheduled to start at 10:23am and there was a short delay. The 2007 WSOP champion Jerry Yang kicked off the festivities by saying, "Shuffle up and deal."
More after the jump....
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"Shuffle up and deal," Jerry Yang, 2007 WSOP World Champion
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Craig Marquis - 9th
Short stack Kelly Kim moved all in on the first hand... and no one called. He won the pot and managed to avoid going out in 9th place. That dubious honor went to Craig Marquis. He was all in with pocket sevens against Scott Montgomery's A-Q. Marquis flopped a set and was a tremendous favorite to win the hand. Unfortunately, Montgomery caught a runner-runner gutshot to send him to the rail in 9th place. Marquis was paid out $900,000 in July and did not get a cent for his time in Las Vegas.
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Kelly Kim - 8th
Kelly Kim went out on the next hand in a three-way pot. He won $1,288,217 for 8th place and managed to last much longer than everyone had anticipated.
Dennis Phillips took a couple of hits early on and lost the chip lead. He slipped to 8th in chips at one point before he rallied back into contention. Ivan Demidov held it for a while until Ylon Schwartz won a massive hand against him to take the lead. Demidov would get it back after Phillips survived an all in against Ylon. Holding A-Q, Phillips cracked Ylon's Queens and sprung back to life.
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David "Chino" Rheems - 7th
Chino Rheem was the next player to bust out. He finished in 7th place and won $1,772,650. He was shortstack and shoved with Big Slick. Peter Eastgate called with A-Q and flopped a Queen. Chino could not improve his hand and he went out in 7th place. When asked how he felt about finishing in 7th, the always honest Chino said, "Are you being fuckin' serious? What the fuck kind of question is that? I feel like shit. You can quote me."
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Doyle Brunson and Jeffrey Pollack
The remaining six players went on a dinner break with Ivan Demidov as the chipleader and Darus Suharto as the shortstack. Before action resumed, there was brief Hall of Fame induction ceremony. Dewey Tomko and Henry Orenstein were both given the nod as the two newest members. Doyle Brunson spoke for a few minutes about his good friend Dewey, who's regarded as one of the best poker players and golf hustlers in the history of Las Vegas.
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Dewey Tomko accepts his Hall of Fame award from WSOP Commissioner, Jeffrey Pollack
Henry Orenstien was unable to make the trip to Vegas. The Holocaust survivor and successful toy maker (who was the mastermind behind The Transformers) eventually branched out into poker. He helped create the lipstick cameras which revolutionized the game and made televised poker much more compelling to watch.
In the first level after the dinner break, Peter Eastgate took the chiplead.
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Darus Suharto - 6th
Darus Suharto was eliminated in 6th place. His A-8 lost to Scott Montgomery's A-Q. Suharto was busted by his fellow countryman from Canada. Suharto won $2,418,562 for his efforts.
Just when Scott Montgomery appeared to make a run, he got caught speeding and ran into Ivan Demidov's pocket Kings. Montgomery was in trouble with Ad-9d. He flopped a flush draw but blanked out and doubled Demidov up to 50m. Montgomery slipped to 7m.
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Scott Montgomery - 5th
A couple of hands later, Scott Montgomery was all in with A-3 against Peter Eastgate's pocket sixes. Montgomery had been a luckbox for most of the Main Event and he promptly flopped an Ace and turned and Ace to take the lead with trips. Eastgate was down to one out since Phillips mentioned that he folded a six. The river was the case six and Eastgate won the hand with a one outer. Montgomery busted out in brutal fashion. The Danes started singing as Montgomery headed to the rail in 5th place. The last Canadian in the WSOP won $3,096,768. Down to four players.
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Ylon Schwartz - 4th
After a slow down in the action, Ylon Schwartz busted out when he picked the wrong time to bluff Peter Eastgate. Eastgate raised 1.5m preflop and Ylon called. The flop was Kh-8h-2s and both players checked. The turn was the Kd. Ylon checked. Eastgate bet 1.75m and Ylon called. The river was the 5d. Ylon checked. Eastagte fired out 4.6m. Ylon check-raised all in for 12.4m more. Eastgate called with 5s-5c for a full house. Ylon tabled Ah-10c for nothing but air. Ylon will take $3,774,974 back home to Brooklyn.
With three players to go, Peter Eastgate was way ahead with 64.925M. Ivan Demidov was second in chips with 50.575M while Dennis Phillips was the shortstack with 20.725M.
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Dennis "Fordman" Phillips - 3rd
It didn't take long before the final two were set after Dennis Phillips busted out in third place. The flop was Jc-4d-3s. The aggressive Peter Eastgate bet1.5m. Phillips moved all in. Eastgate quickly called. Eastgate flopped a set with 3d-3c, while Phillips was way behind with 10c-9h. The turn was As and Phillips was drawing dead. He won $4,517,773 for third place.
With Phillips elimination, action was suspended. The final two players, Peter Eastgate and Ivan the Russian, will return tomorrow to play out the heads up match.
Final Two Chip Counts:
Peter Eastgate (Denmark) - 79,500,000
Ivan Demidov (Russia) - 57,725,000
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Peter Eastgate
The final two will play heads up starting at 10pm Vegas time at the Penn & Teller Theater at the Rio. First place pays $9,152,416 and the runner up will collect. $5,809,595. If Eastgate wins, he'll make history and become the youngest player to ever win the WSOP main event and smash Phil Hellmuth's record.
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Ivan Demidov
World Series of Poker Final Table Today!
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Rio Resort home of the World Series of Poker
We are hours away from the legendary call to "Shuffle Up and Deal!" The call to begin play after the longest layoff in WSOP history should come at approximately 10:20 AM PST Sunday morning. The November Nine will look at the hole cards and the battle will begin for the top prize in all of poker, the World Championship of Poker. Along with the title the winner will receive $9,152,416 in cash and the fabled WSOP Championship Bracelet.
For the web's best updates live from the final table in the Penn & Teller Theater click here for Dr. Pauly's Blog Tao of Poker. Another good source of quick information is available at PokerNews Live Reporting. You'll also get Flipchip photos of the action. For the best in Final Table Recaps this is as far as you need to go. Dr. Pauly will keep you up to date on all the action on and off the final table in his special style you've come to favor and of course there will be plenty of Flipchip's in-your-face images from the event.
Watch the final table in the fastest turn around ever for a WSOP event on Tuesday, November 11th, at 9-11 PM ET. Within hours, almost live, of the final river hitting the board ESPN will bring you two hours of final table play leading to the crowning of the 2008 World Series of Poker's wortld poker player champion. Don't miss a minute of this highly anticipated finale.
For those wanting a refresher and a player guide to the 2008 WSOP Final Table check out our 2008 WSOP Final Table Nine Guide
Need more good stuff to read from the WSOP then click for Dr. Pauly's latest WSOP final table post and comment.
Can't get enough of WSOP poker? Use the following links for easy access to Dr.Pauly's daily Recaps of the WSOP Main Event.
Main Event Day 3 Recap
Main Event Day 4 Recap
A table of the updated final table prize payouts are available after the jump.
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Moments after this photo was taken Dean Hamrick, in the one seat (far left), was eliminated on the bubble and WSOP Main Event play stopped for 117 days
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Eight of the above nine players will split up the remaining final table prize pool of $24,527,416
UPDATED PAYOUTS
The following info courtesy of Harrah's Entertainment
On July 15, 2008 the nine remaining players were each paid ninth place prize money ($900,670) from the initial $32,633,446 that was slotted for the first nine places in the tournament. The remaining amount ($24,527,416) for spots 1-8 were placed in an interest-bearing account. That $24,527,416 accrued $98,179 in interest, which when added to the prize pool will pay out the following:
1st Place $9,152,416
2nd Place $5,809,595
3rd Place $4,517,773
4th Place $3,774,974
5th Place $3,096,768
6th Place $2,418,562
7th Place $1,772,650
8th Place $1,288,217
Total $24,527,416
• + $8,106,030 paid out already (9 places x $900,670)
• Updated Total Prize Pool for this Final Table = $32,731,625
• Updated Total Prize Pool for 2008 WSOP Main Event = $64,431,779
Computing the Math
Below shows the original figures and the added dollar amounts and interest percentages to achieve the above revised payouts.
Place - Original Amount - Added Interes - Percentage
1st Place $9,119,517 $32,899 33.51%
2nd Place $5,790,024 $19,571 19.93%
3rd Place $4,503,352 $14,421 14.69%
4th Place $3,763,515 $11,459 11.67%
5th Place $3,088,012 $8,756 8.92%
6th Place $2,412,510 $6,052 6.16%
7th Place $1,769,174 $3,476 3.54%
8th Place $1,286,672 $1,545 1.57%
9th Place $900,670 $0 0%
Worth Noting
• Since each of the nine players received ninth place money, the person who finishes in ninth place will receive no additional cash.
• The top eight spots (whose leftover money comprised the amount garnering interest) will share the $98,179 interest in a sliding scale based on their slotted share.
• The Main Event paid out 666 places and each of those places was slotted a percentage of the prize pool totaling 100%. When redistributing the interest, 658 of the 666 slots were removed, with the percentages redistributed amongst the top eight places in an sliding scale percentage consistent with the original payout structure.
• The $24,527,416 was put into the Fidelity Institutional Money Market Fund - Treasury Only Portfolio on July 14, 2008 and removed on Wednesday, November 5, 2008. It was a variable interest rate investment, currently returning 0.9%.
Hoyt Corkins Celebrity Poker Tournament Today at Red Rock Harley-Davidson
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This bike you can buy from Alley Rat Custom Cycles
What a day for a poker tournament, especially one with plenty of pros, celebrities and a very reasonable buy-in. Even better would be if the buy-in money went to a very deserving charity. Well, poker players, today is your lucky day. All of the above is available but not in casinos. Its happening at the grand opening of the gigantic Red Rock Harley-Davidson dealership on S. Rainbow. There you'll find 104,000 square feet of absolute fun -- in the form of bikes, boobs, booze, and live poker.
Check out all the details for the 3:00 PM poker tournament in our previous article. You'll be playing for very special Harley Davidson, a rare 2008 105th Anniversary Edition. Hope to see you there.
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This bike you can win - a 2008 105th Anniversary Edition Harley-Davidson motorcycle
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Caly
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Satellites on Friday
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Exotic dancers and Harleys, it just doesn't get any better
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The new Red Rock Harley-Davidson dealership is one big place
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More of Alley Rat's Jack Daniels Old No 7
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Other side of Alley Rat's Jack Daniels Old No 7
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A final look at Alley Rat's Jack Daniels Old No 7
Harrah’s CEO suggests legalized online poker a possibility
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Harrah's looking into online poker?
This morning's FY Q3 earnings call from Harrah's offered some hope for online poker players.
CEO Gary Loveman spoke of the possibility of seeing online poker legalized.
Not solely because of Tuesday's elections, Loveman said that he sees the possibility of legalized online poker simply because the heads of committees don't seem opposed to the idea.
"We think the world got easier on this one," he said.
As for other online gaming, Loveman still sees a tough battle.
But baby steps.
Sounds like Harrah's could have something up their sleeves that they're privy to. Because they own the World Series of Poker brand, we don't doubt they're planning something to be ready just in case.
To listen to a replay of the call, dial toll-free 1-800-642-1687 and use the passcode 68328144. The replay will be broadcast until Nov. 21.
2008 WSOP Final Table Nine Guide
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2008 WSOP November Nine
Sunday, November 9th, is the day all of us poker freaks have been waiting to arrive for the past 137 days. The longest break in WSOP Main Event history will finally end at 10 AM Sunday morning in the Penn & Teller Theater at the Rio Resort in Las Vegas. The nine remaining poker players from the 6844 that started the event back in July will take their seats and do battle for the $32 million at stake.
We have compiled a list of the players including seat assignment, chip count, bio, and a morning line for each. Our pick for all the marbles is Dennis Phillips, the chip leader. Who will be playing heads-up? Dennis Phillips and David "Chino" Rheems are our picks to square off for the $9.2 million first place money and bracelet.
Meet the November Nine after the jump.
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The WSOP Championship Bracelet
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Betting lines for the 2008 WSOP Main Event final table are courtesy of Bodoglife.com.
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Dennis Phillips
Dennis "Fordman" Phillips is the "old man" of the November Nine, he is also the chip leader and one of the co-favorite to win it all. The account manager for a trucking firm began playing poker as a hobby four years ago and won his way into the 2008 WSOP Main Event through a satellite at a local Harrah's casino. Fordman has only cashed in two live tournaments with combined earnings of less than $5,000. His most memorable hands during Main Event play was twice mucking Aces. He plans to give a portion of his winnings to charities including Multiple Sclerosis, a disease that afflicts his brother.
Morning Line: 4/1
Seat: #1
Starting Chip Count: 26,295,000
Hometown: St. Louis, Missouri
Age: 53
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Craig Marquis
Young Craig Marquis has been playing serious poker for less than two years and finds himself in one of the most sort after seats in all of poker. Although he primarily plays online poker he has racked up three live tournament cashes, all from WSOP events. He cashed in two events in the 2007 WSOP and collected in Event #17 at this year's WSOP for $35,759 in total winnings. Marquis has been preparing himself by playing online and discussing poker strategy with his friends. He plans to use some of his winnings for his family and to assist his sisters with their educational pursuits.
Morning Line: 13/2
Seat: #2
Starting Chip Count: 10,210,000
Hometown: Arlington, Texas
Age: 23
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Ylon Schwartz
Ylon Schwartz is best known as a professional chess player having mastered the game to become a chess master at age 23. He soon realized that he could make more money playing poker so he master the cards. Schwartz has cashed in 30 live tournaments including 11 WSOP events for a combined total of just over a quarter of a million dollars in winnings. If he wins the Main Event event his plans are to just disappear and enjoy life from a comfortable hammock in a tropical setting with plenty of good tequila. His play strategy is based on waiting for his opponents to make mistakes which he can exploit to his advantage.
Morning Line 15/2:
Seat: #3
Starting Chip Count: 12,525,000
Hometown:Brooklyn, New York
Age: 38
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Scott Montgomery
Scott Montgomery comes to the final table in the 3 spot on the leader board. He has been playing poker for 4 years and has earned $406,585 in prize money including three cashes in the 2008 WSOP. The University of Waterloo graduate is a mathmetician and fondly recalls having won three consecutive online poker tournaments. His favorite professional pkoer player is fellow Canadian Daniel Negreanu.
Morning Line: 4/1
Seat: #4
Starting Chip Count: 19,690,000
Hometown: Perth, Ontario, Canada
Age: 26
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Darus Suharto
Accountant Darius Suharto was born in Indonesia and now lives in Toronto, Canada where he often volunteers his time to not-for-profit organizations. His live poker tournament experience has produced one cash from the 2006 WSOP Main Event where he finished in 448th place and collected $26,389. Suharto won his 2008 WSOP Main Event entry through a satellite. His favorite professional poker player is fellow Canadian Daniel Negreanu.
Morning Line: 13/2
Seat: #5
Starting Chip Count: 12,520,000
Hometown: Toronto, Canada
Age: 39
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David Rheems
David "Chino" Rheems is a professional poker player from Los Angeles, California. He has been playing poker as a profession for 10 years and has amassed a lifetime winnings of $634,657 with 15 cashes in the last 3 years. Five of those paydays came from WSOP events. This will be David's first seat at a Main Event final table. He plans to use his prize money helping his friends and family.
Morning Line: 9/2
Seat: #6
Starting Chip Count: 10,230,000
Hometown: Los Angeles, California
Age: 28
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Ivan Demidov
Professional poker player Ivan "Soul" Demidov comes to the final table in second place on the chip leader board. The tough Russian player is spending his extended break playing live poker exclusively and studying the game. Although this year was his first participation in WSOP events he quickly established himself as a contender when he nailed the 11th spot in Event #44, just missing the final table. He is considered to be one of the top online players and he also excels at computer games, Starcraft and Warcraft.
Morning Line: 4/1
Seat: #7
Starting Chip Count: 24,400,000
Hometown: Moscow, Russia
Age: 27
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Kelly Kim
Kelly Kim hails from Whittier, California. He earned a B.A. in economics from UC-San Diego and never played in a live poker tournament until his sophomore year of college. His first ever live tournament cash came in 2001when he took down $798, but since he has cashed 37 times for $351,744. This is his first trip to a Main Event final table and he comes as the short stack among the nine players. Kim will use his winnings to benefit his friends and family.
Morning Line: 15/1
Seat: #8
Starting Chip Count: 2,620,000
Hometown: Whittier, California
Age: 31
Peter Eastgate
Peter "Esser" Eastgate has been playing professional poker for three years and has two live tournament cashes during the past two years for $76,084. When asked what final table players he believed offered the biggest threat to his winning he replied, "All of them." Eastgate then explained that all of the other players have a game that carry them to victory, but then added there was no one in particular he feared. His favorite big name professional is Patrik Antonius because of his skill and class.
Morning Line: 5/1
Seat: #9
Starting Chip Count: 18,375,000
Hometown: Odense, Denmark
Age: 22
Bodog Blogger Tournament Series Returns
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The Bodog Blogger Poker Tournament Series is back!
The Bodog Blogger Tournament is back and recruiting poker bloggers to battle it out for cash and prizes. The first tournament saw poker pro and author, Eric "Rizen" Lynch compete with a bounty on his head.
This first tournament happened on Tuesday, October 28th. This followed on the massive success of the first Bodog Blogger Tournament Series that saw tons of cash and prizes awarded, as well as a 2008 WSOP seat to the winner of the final tournament of champions.
Poker Bloggers, like tournament host smokkee, will duke it out in the Bodog Poker Room each Tuesday and Thursday night as they battle it out for position on the Blogger Tournament Leaderboard.
Get all the details on the Bodog Blogger Tournament or just head over to Bodog's online poker to get playing today.
Free CardRunners and StoxPoker for playing Full Tilt
CardRunners and StoxPoker are offering free poker training online, just for playing poker.
The only catch is you have to play on Full Tilt (not much of a catch if you already play there), and you must earn 4500 Full Tilt points in a month to receive a free month membership to CardRunners (2500 points for StoxPoker). And best yet, you keep your points. All that's required is earning that many base points in a month.
You also need to be a current paying member of CardRunners or StoxPoker, which you can buy with Full Tilt points.
To get Iron Man status, you would need to earn 200 points in 25 days within one month, which would instantly qualify you for the free month of CardRunners. So if you earn Iron Man anyway every month, you'll have a lifetime membership.
If you don't earn the entire amount of 4500 points, you'll still get free weeks. 1125 will get you one free week, 2250 will get you two free weeks, etc.
Rakeback and MGR will be unaffected as well.
If you're already a member, free months will be added to your existing subscription.
If you aren't a member, we recommend purchasing StoxPoker from the Full Tilt store. It's the cheapest at 5000 points. And if you clear 5000 points, you'll immediately get a free month.
To sign up, register at www.trulyfreepokertraining.com.
Golden Nugget hosts Grand Fall Classic Poker Series
Thanksgiving blues getting you down?
If you're in Vegas over Thanksgiving -- even Turkey Day itself -- how about a poker tournament?
Golden Nugget runs their Grand Fall Classic Poker Series from Nov. 24 through Nov. 30, with 7 events, only one of which is no-limit! (Fear not, $125 no-limit tournaments run twice daily at 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. with 8000 chips and 30-minute levels.)
All events are $230, begin at noon, start with 8000 chips (with 2000 bonus chips), and have 40-minute levels:
Monday, 11/24: Ladies no-limit
Tuesday, 11/25: HORSE
Wednesday, 11/26: Pot-limit Omaha H/L
Thursday, 11/27: Limit Omaha H/L
Friday, 11/28: HORSE
Saturday: 11/29: Mix -- 2-7 Triple Draw, 7 Stud H/L, Crazy Pineapple
Sunday, 11/30: Limit Omaha H/L
For more info, call John Colville at (702) 386-8164 or email jcolville@goldennugget.com.
Binion’s New Poker Room - First Look
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Binion's in Downtown Las Vegas
Binion's claims it's the place that made poker famous and for good reason. This is the original home of the World Series of Poker™ and the annual tradition was held here for more than three decades before the current owner, Harrah's Entertainment, acquired the original of all poker tournaments in 2004 and moved it to the Rio Resort.
What better time for Binion's to open an all new poker room than a week before the conclusion of the 2008 WSOP™ Main Event final table. Players are greeted with a marble floored foyer filled with photos of past WSOP champions and members of the Poker Hall of Frame. A stop by the new digs that features 10 tables in an opulent setting centrally located to the main casino is in order for all poker players. Play poker where it all begin, Binion's casino in downtown Las Vegas.
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Binion's new poker room
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Binion's Gallery of Champions has moved to the foyer of the new poker room
Online Poker Players and the NFL
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Keeping track of wins an NFL game can seriously help to build your bankroll
Whether you watch the NFL, or any popular professional sports for that matter, doesn't really matter. But what does matter is that you're at least paying attention to who is winning and whether they were favored in the Bodog Sportsbook.
It's a simple piece of advice for online poker players and it basically boils down to this: If the favored team wins, there will be more sports bettors in the poker room.
You see for an online gambling site like Bodog that has a casino, sportsbook, racebook and poker room, one of the perks of playing poker there is that there are so many fish playing poker who are flush with cash from a big win in the sportsbook or casino. The best way to take advantage of this fact is by paying attention to who wins a game.
Since most bettors put money on the favored team, every time a favorite wins the poker room fills up with players who are not only playing loose with all of their recent winnings, but they are also often less experienced players.
So get in there and take advantage of a poker room where the odds are thoroughly stacked in the experienced players favor. Just keep your eye on the Bodog Sportsbook and see who the favorites are, then be sure to log in and play when the favorites win. You'll definitely see the difference.
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