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Historical Scouting Reports
- Dave McCarthy | August 24, 2010
These poker scouting reports for the following historical figures were written by readers of the Poker from the Rail, in our Historical Home Game Writing Contest. Congratulations to the winners and honorable mentions, and stay tuned for more contests in the future.
Napoleon
Username: 168CmIsNotShort
Strengths: Great strategist, has lots of friends to support him.
Weaknesses: Plays [...]
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Historical Home Game Writing Contest
- Dave McCarthy | August 17, 2010
EDIT: Congratulations to the following writers/players, who have been chosen as winners (1,000 FTPs) or honorable mentions (225 FTPs). We will have a new post up Tuesday, August 24 with full scouting reports of each character taken from the best of everyone’s submissions.
Playwanda, yanick2, a420pimp, klaaspro, ThaKeyman85, Rake Clown, Cel Potter, sillymoi, Johnny ACES, carnieguy, [...]
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Historical Home Game Writing Contest
The Best of Full Tilt’s 2010 WSOP Videos
- Dave McCarthy | August 3, 2010
During the 2010 World Series of Poker, the Full Tilt Poker Academy sent a video production team to the FTP suite at the Rio to record video interviews of Full Tilt Pros and Friends of Full Tilt. You can find these videos at the Full Tilt Poker WSOP video archive. They’re divided into a few [...]
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The Best of Full Tilt’s 2010 WSOP Videos
Poker in Colombia: A Guest Post by Villa
- Dave McCarthy | July 28, 2010
Ever wondered what the poker scene is like in other parts of the world? Poker from the Rail reader Villa has written a review of poker in his native Colombia. (I found the part about the brick and mortar affiliates particularly interesting…)
Villa has also agreed to answer some questions if you want to leave any [...]
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Poker in Colombia: A Guest Post by Villa
WSOP Caption Contest #4
- Dave McCarthy | July 23, 2010
The WSOP might be on break for a while, but we can still have a little WSOP fun. Below are three pictures from the last couple weeks of the WSOP. Best 3 captions for each photo (as chosen by Poker from the Rail) will receive 500 FTP points each. Leave your captions as comments in [...]
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WSOP Caption Contest #4
2010 WSOP November Nine Facts and Figures
- Dave McCarthy | July 20, 2010
Shortly after the November Nine was determined, Harrah’s Entertainment, owners of the WSOP, sent the poker media a press release with all sorts of information. Here’s some of the most pertinent info, including chip counts and bios of the November Nine, interesting notes, and ESPN’s television schedule.
All information courtesy of Harrah’s Entertainment:
Notes:
– The Main [...]
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2010 WSOP November Nine Facts and Figures
Annette Obrestad Talks about her First WSOP
- Dave McCarthy | July 11, 2010
Few players have had as much attention heading into their first WSOP as Annette “Annette_15″ Obrestad. I had a chance to speak with her after it was all over.
So how was your first WSOP?
Pretty much went as expected. I try not to ever enter any tournaments with high expectations since it’s so high variance. [...]
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Annette Obrestad Talks about her First WSOP
WSOP Interview with Online Qualifier Mike, MMCQTX
- Dave McCarthy | July 10, 2010
I met Mike (FTP ID: MMCQTX) in the Full Tilt lounge. He was talking to fellow online qualifier Horatio so I came over to say hello. He had won a $75 5-seat guarantee satellite. Mike’s a teacher and volleyball coach in Irving, Texas.
He finished Day 1c with 74k chips. By dinner break on Day 2a, [...]
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WSOP Interview with Online Qualifier Mike, MMCQTX
WSOP 101: Series Info for the Fans at Home
- Dave McCarthy | July 8, 2010
If you’ve never made it out to Vegas (which is lovely in the summertime) for the WSOP, here are a few notes from ground zero…
Live Reporting
Ever wonder exactly how PokerNews* gets its live chip count updates? Maybe not, as it isn’t all that complicated. But in case you were wondering if robots are involved:
The PokerNews [...]
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WSOP 101: Series Info for the Fans at Home
WSOP Interview with Online Qualifier Zane
- Dave McCarthy | July 7, 2010
A number of readers have asked for some stories about qualifiers who won Main Event seats via $1 satellites…Cinderella stories. Zane did one better: he won his seat in a freeroll.
So is this your first WSOP?
Yeah. A friend of mine played one, and ended up on TV when he was seated between Johnny [...]
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WSOP Interview with Online Qualifier Zane