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WSOP Player of the Year
Congrats to my friend, Greg Merson, on his epic comeback to win the WSOP Main Event and Player of the Year last week – so impressed with the level of play this year at the final table!! I was bummed to finish second in Player of the Year (for the third time!) but Greg’s got skillz and deserves the WIN. I’ll man up and be back in 2013!!!!
Check out Greg’s story and a recap of the final table via Poker News Global.
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Sandy Relief
In NY this week and seeing the effects of Hurricane Sandy firsthand. Looking for a great way to help? Click on the image below and check out First Response Team of America. These guys are legit: my wife and I support them every year. Donate online or via text and get resources and help where they’re needed!
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Hand of the Week: Play the Player!
On day two of the World Series of Poker’s Main Event in 2008, I found myself bluffed out of a huge hand by a fellow player from my home state of Wisconsin.
I was more than a little steamed because the young Wisconsinite – who I will call “Green Bay” because he had dressed the part in a Green Bay Packers sweatshirt, my favorite NFL team – just couldn’t resist the urge to flip his cards after I folded to rub it in: a stone cold bluff. Look, he made a good play, but it’s always war at the poker table, right?
I told him (after I was done being a Poker Brat): “Good play, but you never should have shown me your hand. Now I’m going to watch you and take you down.”
Getting personal in these things is never a good idea, but sometimes I can’t help myself.
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Poker Brat Radio
Listen in as I talk Bracelet #13 and golfing with Tiger Woods with the PB Radio hosts. If you’re in the Madison, WI area, be sure to listen to Poker Brat Radio live every Tuesday at 5PM on 100.5FM. And don’t forget to follow the show on Twitter @PokerBratRadio!
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Hand of the Week: Pocket Aces in the Main Event
In the 2009 World Series of Poker $10,000 buy-in Main Event, 6494 players competed and 648 finished in the money. The so-called November Nine, those players who made the final table and had to endure eight strenuous days of poker, were: Phil Ivey, Jeff Shulman, Eric Buchman, Darvin Moon, Joseph Cada, Kevin Schaffel, James Akenhead, Antoine Saout, and Steven Begleiter. Beating that many players is truly an accomplishment. By the way, the ultimate winner, Joe Cada, earned a whopping $8.5 million, and even ninth place played $1.2 million!
I was still in the hunt late on Day Four with about 450 players remaining in the tournament when the following hand came up.
With the blinds at $3,000/$6,000 and a $1,000 a man ante, I peered down at pocket aces. An aggressive opponent with almost $1 million in chips opened for $22,000. I was sitting three spots to the left of the button with $135,000 in chips.
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Open-Face Chinese Poker
I won $21,400 playing $100 a point Open-Face Chinese Poker at Pebble Beach Tues. night, yum yum! Here are the rules: How To Play Open-Face Chinese Poker
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