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Day 2 of the challenge

Here is the day2 update. Tough day results wise, I am not bothered yet though.

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Posted by: TheLoon. 13 hours. 15 minutes ago
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First blog

First blog

Posted by: pokerboy123. 1 day. 4 hours. ago
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Day 1 of the Challenge

Here is the update from day 1. It was a pretty tough day, I needed to handle a lot of stuff outside playing(such as bets etc) so that really costed me. Also the setups and beats were pretty harse...

Posted by: TheLoon. 1 day. 12 hours. ago
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and another one...

i donk out after this one when AK loses to 99 and then AQ loses to KK.

PokerStars Game #18916549948: Tournament #95565378, $5.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level XIII (600/1200) - 2008/07/18...

Posted by: Viticus. 1 day. 17 hours. ago
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bad beats

im in the middle of the tournament mentioned in my last post. the river is killing me today. the second hand i should have steered clear of but was priced in preflop. these suck...

PokerStars Game...

Posted by: Viticus. 1 day. 19 hours. ago
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Heads up day #2

4 of 5 today

Ive been working on avoiding coin flips unless i have a 2 to 1 chip lead. I believe over the long run this will help reduce my variance. I may be to risk averse by doing this but I am...

Posted by: Viticus. 1 day. 21 hours. ago
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Bodog Experiment - Entry #1

I recently ran into some money on my bodog account and decided to play there today. Normally i only play Stars but figured why not give this site a shot and see what happens.

again, i am a low limit...

Posted by: Viticus. 2 days. 16 hours. ago
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The special Tournament for PokerNews.com Forumers!

I have organized a special tournament in PokerStars for pokernews.com forum members. You can get more info in this forum topic. This is password protected small buy-in tournament with quite subs

Posted by: maruxz. 2 days. 22 hours. ago
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check it out

check out my page at :

http://www.squidoo.com/thierry_henry

Posted by: jonahvella. 3 days. 2 hours. ago
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chili poker

At first i used to play at fulltiltpoker.com but realised that you lose your
bankroll really fast because of bad beats. Than my friend suggested and
highly reccomended chilipoker.com . i checked it...

Posted by: jonahvella. 3 days. 2 hours. ago
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about me

i really love playing poker!!! i play live poker and online poker.
online i play at www.chilipoker.com . when i'm not playing poker i'm usually hanging

Posted by: jonahvella. 3 days. 3 hours. ago
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Taking Action

Today's post is on a somewhat personal level, but it should definately benefit others as well. Before I started playing poker on a constant and almost daily basis (on-line that is) I was a very avid...

Posted by: mslele40. 3 days. 7 hours. ago
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My Main Event

A couple of posts ago I mentioned that I'd have to make alternate plans since I didn't get a seat at the WSOP. I made the trip to Biloxi on Tuesday for a 2 night stay. I took a regular from my...

Posted by: davega. 3 days. 12 hours. ago
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Last Night in Vegas: GG's house and Karoke

like i said coming soon when i arrive home

Posted by: t_hKC__d. 4 days. 2 hours. ago
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WSOP Main Event and South Point

coming soon when i arrive home

Posted by: t_hKC__d. 4 days. 2 hours. ago
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Hungarian Poker Cup 2008

Chilipoker's brand new hungarian promotion is just round the corner, this is a 12 round poker cup, which ends with giving our winners thousands of $$$ in cash.

Play with us from one round to the...

Posted by: chilipoker. 5 days. 5 hours. ago
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Casino, gaming and poker sector continues to heat up down under in Australia, by Greg Tingle

Media Man Australia director, Greg Tingle, reports the ongoing trend for punters to hit the internet for their gaming and poker fix.

Virgin Games, and in particular, Virgin Casino and PKR (the...

Posted by: gtingle1. 5 days. 11 hours. ago
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Casino and poker comps heat up in news media business, by Greg Tingle

Online casinos, traditional casinos and online poker and gaming rooms are battling for headlines, as the stakes continue to raise in the gaming and gabling world. Media companies such as ours are now...

Posted by: gtingle1. 5 days. 11 hours. ago
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Women and Poker and The reasons You don't see a lot of Women Playing

First I'd like to start by giving a shout out to Tiffany Michelle, and trust me I am praying and hoping that you become the first woman to take home that all too coveted bracelet from the Wsop main...

Posted by: mslele40. 5 days. 18 hours. ago
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Wonder Woman aka Tiffany Michelle

Walking into the Amazon Room, you see all the excitement coming together as all the male players look for their seats and begin to talk to everyone who has made it to day six. Among these fellow...

Posted by: TinaB. 5 days. 21 hours. ago
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Heading to Vegas on Friday

Will Play at the Sahara and possibly the Binion's as well.;)

Posted by: MonsterShaq. 6 days. 13 hours. ago
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It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane, No its Tiffany Michelle!!

It’s our own Tiffany Michelle flying high with 3.4 million in chips!! Tiffany experienced small bumps here and there but for the most part played all of day five beautifully. An unfortunate suck and...

Posted by: TinaB. 6 days. 23 hours. ago
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Welcome to the Media Man Australia Poker News blog

Welcome to the Media Man Australia Poker and Casino News Blog.

I'm an Australian based media analyst, publicist, internet publisher and online entrepreneur.

In the coming days and weeks I will...

Posted by: gtingle1. Sunday, July 13, 2008 03:13
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Online Poker and its bouts of racism

The only thing that I really hate about online poker is that on occasion you will find people out there who probably would only use racist and derogatory remarks about a person of color or another...

Posted by: mslele40. Saturday, July 12, 2008 08:37
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Then There Were Five!

As the remaining ladies fell one by one, at the end of the day we find five of the best poker players in this years main event still standing.

Tiffany Michelle will start day five with 909,000 in...

Posted by: TinaB. Saturday, July 12, 2008 07:47
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Chau Do Busted by Kido Pham

Chau just came over to the reporters table to tell me she pushed in about 80,000 with A/10 into an unopened pot, it folded around to Kido Pham who woke up with pocket Aces. Chau was not too...

Posted by: TinaB. Friday, July 11, 2008 17:49
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Evelyn Ng loses huge pot

We picked up the action on the flop of 2c/2s/8d..Evelyn bet 33,000 to which her opponent re-raised another 40,000, after Evelyn thought for a very long time she re-raised another 68,000 to which her...

Posted by: TinaB. Friday, July 11, 2008 17:28
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Updated Chip Counts and Carmel Petresco is Eliminated

Carmel Petresco just changed tables and played her first hand with KJ against AK. The AK held and Carmel headed for the cashier.

Veronica Dabul - 140,000
Minna Ritakorpi - 440,000
Tiffany Michelle...

Posted by: TinaB. Friday, July 11, 2008 16:43
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Say It's Not So Joanne!

Just when we're about to go to the break, Joanne Monteavaro finds a hand she thinks is best for her last 7,500 in chips. She gets two callers, which isnt all that bad for a chance to triple up. The...

Posted by: TinaB. Friday, July 11, 2008 15:42
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Next Up!!....Lisa Parsons!!

The first hour has been ALL-IN and CALL! every two or three minutes! The action and excitement is so thick you can cut it with a knife! Lisa Parsons had a big decision to make after she got her...

Posted by: TinaB. Friday, July 11, 2008 14:14
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