World Series of Poker update, Main Event

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The World Championship of No-Limit Texas Hold’em ($10,000 buy-in) started on July 3rd with $6,844 entrants. Currently, there are 79 players left fighting for the $9,119,517 first place price.
Mark Ketteringham from Los Angeles, CA is the current chip leader with $5,800,000 in chips.
Here is a list of the current poker professionals (at least the [...]

OTR Salutes ‘barry,’ Fan Of The Year

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We can’t ignore the overwhelming support we are receiving from our biggest fan ‘barry.’ He is one of the main reasons that OTR is able to keep it going. His brilliant posting on comments and the respect he gives Micah and I is second to none. Furthermore, without hesitation we are giving [...]

Unfair May Be Fair as Genetics Conflate Steroids

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I found this very interesting article on Bloomberg.com that is a must read. Before you click over and read it, let me provide an excerpt:
“Discoveries in genetics, physiology and nanotechnology are creating new challenges to definitions of cheating. Sports executives including Atlanta Falcons President Rich McKay and former World Anti-Doping Agency chief Dick Pound [...]

2008 WSOP Schedule

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For all of you poker die hards, here’s the schedule for this years WSOP to be held at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada starting May 30th. The main event is scheduled to kick off July 3rd.
If you are interested in flying out, check out the flights right here. [...]




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