Tag Archives: Tom Dwan

Daily 3-Bet: AP Forfeit, Aussie Sellout, durrrr Blocked

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Today in the 3-Bet we check in on Absolute Poker’s less-publicized asset forfeiture, Aussie payment-processing turncoat Daniel Tzvetkoff’s lingering disappearance and Tom… Continue reading

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Biggest Unanswered Questions in Full Tilt Poker Revival

In this running Q&A compendium we’ll keep track of the situation as it develops to keep you on the cutting edge.
Over the next three months hundreds of millions of dollars will be returned to players, and Full Tilt Poker will be up and running fo… Continue reading

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Sahamies Returns: Weekly Top 10 Online Winners/Losers

This week the flying Finn picked up $492k in the high stakes games on PokerStars and is quickly erasing the massive deficit he wracked up earlier this year.
In February Sahamies was down $726k playing online poker but after this week he’s only down $… Continue reading

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St-Pierre, Negreanu Check in on WSOP Main Event Day 1b

A total of 2,114 players bought into Day 1b, which is up from the 985 in 2011, but it’s worth noting there are only three starting days this year so that might be part of the reason for the increase.
Numerous big-name poker players hit the felt today… Continue reading

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Rast, Hellmuth Lead WSOP $1M Big One for One Drop

It was a historic day at the WSOP as 48 players paid $1 million each to enter the Big One for One Drop. After nine levels of poker Rast had stacked 10.71 million while 12-time bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth bagged 8,395,000.
Also finding a spot in the t… Continue reading

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Tom “durrrr” Dwan: WSOP Big One for One Drop Q&A

This is the first WSOP event of 2012 for Dwan, who just flew to Las Vegas from Macau where he’s been playing the super high-stakes cash games, along with a few other players in the Big One field.
Dwan is a legend in the high-stakes cash-game world bu… Continue reading

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Brian “tsarrast” Rast: WSOP Big One for One Drop Q&A

Rast is a regular high-stakes cash game player that has racked up $2.8 million in live tournament earnings since his first score in 2005. He will blow that number out of the water if he goes deep in this tournament.
In our continuing series of Big One … Continue reading

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WSOP Pro’s Picks: Who Will Win the $1M One Drop?

In three days’ time someone will walk away with $18,346,673, the biggest prize in poker history, and with some help from the pros we’re going to handicap the field.
The smart money seems to be on Phil Ivey with the streak he’s been on this summer… Continue reading

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WSOP 3-Bet: durrrr Arrives, Stammen Slips, Golden Poker

Today in the WSOP 3-Bet we look at Tom Dwan returning to Vegas, Kevin Stammen getting stomped and the Golden Nugget’s bid for online poker.
You can always leave a suggestion for a future WSOP 3-Bet in the comments section if you feel we’re missing … Continue reading

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Top 5 Poker Free Agents at 2012 WSOP

The events of Black Friday and the subsequent collapse of Full Tilt Poker made sure there would be an army of logo-less pros hitting the Rio this summer.
Not every player is a great acquisition. Phil Ivey represents a challenge because of his alleged t… Continue reading

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