http://luckydogpoker.com Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 25 Aug 2010 23:14:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Steve Glidden of Milan shows off the $400 in gift cards he received as champion of the Veterans Outreach Program's no-limit hold'em tournament last weekend. 'My legs are getting worse,' says VOP champ Steve Glidden; strong local amateur player Barry Price is runner-up Just moments after Saturday's fundraising hold'em tournament for the ... http://luckydogpoker.com/?p=1249 On Saturday, Aug. 21, you've got a chance to have some fun and help a worthy cause at the same time by coming to the first-ever Veterans Outreach Program poker tournament! The no-limit Texas hold'em event, to be held at American Legion Post 246, 1623 15th St. in Moline, is open ... http://luckydogpoker.com/?p=1247 After nearly 18 hours of play, the 2010 World Series of Poker "November Nine" was determined early Sunday morning. These nine players will return to the Rio in early November to battle it out for the world championship, a first-place prize of nearly $9 million, and the most coveted bracelet ... http://luckydogpoker.com/?p=1240 Nobody wants to bust out on the bubble! The 10 remaining players in the 2010 World Series of Poker's main event still were battling at 4 a.m. Vegas time today (Sunday), trying to get down to the "November Nine". Reports from the tournament floor at the Rio indicated the players were ... http://luckydogpoker.com/?p=1238 UPDATE: By 9 p.m. EDT Saturday, the final 27 had become the final 15, with eliminations continuing tonight until only 9 are left in the Main Event of the World Series of Poker. The players went on a 90-minute dinner break shortly after 9 p.m. Although short-stacked, Michael Mizrachi, winner of the ... http://luckydogpoker.com/?p=1237 Now it's getting serious! The Main Event of the World Series played down to 78 competitors on Thursday night, setting the stage for today's Day 7. The biggest story now, since Johnny Chan busted yesterday, is that Michael Mizrachi has climbed into second place. Mizrachi won the Players Championship to kick ... http://luckydogpoker.com/?p=1236 UPDATE: Johnny Chan is out! The biggest star left in the field started Day 6 in 9th place but he lost a ton of chips with K-K vs. A-A, then just minutes before the day's first break, he lost his remaining half-million chips with J-J vs. (you guessed it) A-A. And ... http://luckydogpoker.com/?p=1235 The WSOP main event money bubble burst shortly after dinner break Tuesday and, when Day 4 play ended later in the evening it was Tony Dunst of Las Vegas who sat atop the remaining 574 players still with a chance to be crowned poker's champion for 2010. Dunst has a stack ... http://luckydogpoker.com/?p=1233 The money bubble will burst sometime tonight in the World Series of Poker main event. Just the final 747 players get paid, and today's Day 4 action began with 1,204 players. Although a player from Henderson, Nev., led the field after Day 3 on Monday, the biggest headline goes to Johnny ... http://luckydogpoker.com/?p=1232 After a day off Sunday, the 2,557 remaining players vying for poker's biggest title will return to the felt Monday in the main event of the World Series of Poker. Day 3 on Monday will mark the first time the tournament field will be in action at the same time, following ... http://luckydogpoker.com/?p=1231