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The Layne Flack of South Dakota
Seen on one of the Day 1s at the 2010 main event in the WSOP valet lot … Corvette-ness makes the hedline seem plausible. Would have to cross-reference Clark County impound records with arrest reports...
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License Plate Scandal at the Rio?
Got an email the other day from an entity @WickedChops … a pic of a distinctly pokery license plate, taken “w/ iPhone before leaving WSOP from players parking lot where RVs were”, to which I thought...
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Even More WSOP License Plates
You can’t be sure from the 7-max tags that these guys play poker … but factor in when and where they were spotted — Rio, WSOP — and yeah … someone we know probably knows at least one of these guys …...
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Semi-ironic Horsepower
Ahhh … though Vegas is crawling with poker-related license-plate culture on any given day, the World Series is when the finest work from the Nevada Department of Corrections really comes out. Seen...
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Off to a Slow Start - Why does the 2011 WSOP feel like it's stuck in neutral?
Jon Katkin OP-ED Glitz. Glamor. Excitement. So far, the 2011 WSOP has had none of these things, and honestly, I’m finding the whole thing kind of sad. It’s not the World Series of Poker we all know...
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Eskimo Yes, Jesus No (Ep 08) - Tao of Pokerati, 2011 WSOP
Please forgive any apparent smugness of prescience … I didn’t know about the appeals court ruling when Pauly and I recorded an episode two days ago, where we addressed certain ironies about neither...
View ArticleRio’s Non-Bracelet Dailys Reach New Levels with Record Field sizes - WSOP by...
I sparred a bit on Twitter with @TurboPokerOnlin about his belief that record fields in WSOP 1k’s would be a “major” story … and eventually conceded that it might-would probably come in at #9. (NOTE to...
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Mothership Stench (Ep18) - Tao of Pokerati, 2011 WSOP
Dr. Pauly and Timtern are covering the final table of a Donkament inside the Mothership. Here’s their story… 2011 WSOP – Episode 18: Mothership Stench with Timtern (2:43) – Pauly and Timtern are in the...
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Brickless Cash Games Reprise (Ep16) - Tao of Pokerati, 2011 WSOP
2011 WSOP – Episode 16: Brickless Cash Games Reprise (3:22) – Dan and Pauly recorded a quick follow-up to their previous episode while they hang out on the rail of the high-stakes cash games. They...
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Free Poker Beef Jerky - Confessions of a Zynga degen
A lot of people have been wondering where I’ve been this WSOP. I’m ready to admit it — I suffer from an addiction … one that snuck up on me when I least expected, but I can no longer deny. I’m addicted...
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Who’s Who at the November Nine? - Tao of Pokerati
November Nine – Naming Names (Ep 2) by taopokerati Dan and Dr. Pauly discuss the November Nine players, or rather, Dan’s lack of care to learn who made the final table. But Dan has a cheat sheet — the...
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Three Survival Tips For the WSOP - Hoodies and drag queens (what else?) could...
In 2005, veteran poker blogger and author of “Lost Vegas: The Redneck Riviera, Existentialist Conversations with Strippers, and the World Series of Poker” put together his “Top Ten Survival Tips on...
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WSOPotty Break? - NSFBreakfast coverage of bathroom brouhaha, early corporate...
This was an easy one to predict. It’s still too early in the 2012 WSOP for investigators to conclusively determine what was behind Urinalgate. Was it a simple oversight, boys-club misogyny, or just an...
View ArticleCertificate of Attendance [Video] - Footnoting the 2012 WSOP
Even without Pauly here, and Al skillfully holding down the Pokerati fort, I do show up at the Rio every once in a while for the free water and to work on my improv skills. Considering the Bluff...
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Tipping Points - A Vegas Poker Player’s Guide to Gratuities at the WSOP
A drunken fish plopped down in the uncapped $1-$2 NL game at Golden Nugget on a recent Saturday night, and before long, playing maybe 98 percent of his starting hands, he scooped an $800 pot thanks to...
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Free Poker Lessons at the Rio? - Seen kinda-sorta near the WSOP
Because, really, where else but would you go for such a proper schooling: The ABCs of ABC poker. Ya know, 10am is right around the corner … (and so is the WSOP!)
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Did Caesars Really Just Try to Unload the Rio and the WSOP? - PokerStars...
Caesars Entertainment Corp. reportedly offered to sell the off-Strip Rio and the World Series of Poker to PokerStars, a spokesman for the owner of the online gaming business claimed in an email...
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The Man Who Lost $127 Million - Opinion: Responsible Gambling and the Duty of...
Robert Turner OP-ED Putting a 24-hour casino in every home comes with great responsibility. Ensuring a safe, responsible gambling experience should be of paramount importance. Online gambling companies...
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Carnival Thrills Coming to the Rio - New zipline to provide gambling...
Caesars Entertainment’s rendering of the new Voodoo Skyline, presumably coming soon to a poker media WSOP video near you. A zip line-like thrill ride will connect the two towers of the Rio and send...
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55 Plausibly Pokery License Plates Seen at or near the Rio this WSOP -...
Here’s a glimpse of who’s been driving around the Rio this summer. Some are obvious poker players (or poker workers) while other vanity plates might leave you guessing about any such connection … but...
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