With $2.2 million in live winnings on his résumé, including a win in the 2006 WPT MandalayBay Poker Championship, tournament grinder Joe Tehan has been one of the more recognizable faces on tour for the past four years. Tehan is no stranger to the wear and tear of the summer tournament......
Duthie finished first in the PokerStars Sunday $5,200 Freezeout (although he did make a deal with venetianshow). The EPT founder had to outlast all the usual suspects with Steve Billirakis, Bryn Kenney and Baron Isaac all putting down the $5,200 down for a seat. In the end Duthie took home $49,000 while venetianshow settled for $11,000.
Online shark Shaun Deeb also had a decent day taking eighth in $215 Omaha Hi/Lo for $1,092. That tournament has been lucrative for Deeb as earlier...
$200/$400 PLO is pretty entertaining as it is, with plenty of the game's biggest names sitting in for huge sessions and no shortage of $100k+ plus pots to watch change hands.
Every now and then, though, you'll catch one of those days when everyone is feeling just a little sicker than normal and you'll see a glimpse into the future of poker degeneracy.
Case in point: yesterday's major $200/$400 session, spearheaded by Patrik Antonius, where the pros decided to give themselves a...
Season four of NBC's Poker After Dark is once again switching from its original format for an all-new week of episodes that will feature heads-up play between the four previous winners of NBC's National Heads-Up Poker Championship. Phil Hellmuth (2005), Ted Forrest (2006), Paul Wasicka......