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Wrapping Up

mikep — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 19:54:10 +0000

Here are a couple of quick items that need finishing up. The World Series of Poker Circuit Events at Harrah’s Resort championship event, a $1,500 + $100 No Limit tournament played Dec. 10, drew 618 entries, the most ever for Harrah’s for the circuit championship in the eight years the casino has...

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Junkie’s Open

mikep — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 20:25:20 +0000

Here’s a quick hit that should bring some players up from the D.C. area tomorrow (Dec. 8). It’s called the Junkies Poker Open; a biannual tournament put on by radio station 106.7 The Fan in the Washington D.C. area. There’s a bunch of sports jocks on the station that call themselves the sports...

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WSOP Circuit Going Strong

mikep — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 19:54:56 +0000

The WSOP Circuit events at Harrah’s Resort have been putting up some pretty good numbers for the early tournaments in a kind of sneaky fashion. The opening event of the circuit seemed to be off by a lot from a record 1,250 players in 2010’s opener, but as we cover in Poker Lowdown this week,...

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WSOP Circuit Results

mikep — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 15:59:40 +0000

The World Series of Poker circuit events at Harrah’s Resorts this weekend didn’t set any records for attendance, but still had some pretty strong turnouts and some decent prize pools. And maybe that’s good enough. Or at least, it will have to be. As much as we’d like to see Atlantic City as a...

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Weekend Update

mikep — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 20:39:28 +0000

The World Series of Poker circuit events continue through the weekend, including a second opening day for today’s $300 + $45 tournament, which is a double play buy-in. Anyone busting out today can re-buy Saturday. Event 3 starts Sunday and is a $500 + $55 event. Satellites for the championship...

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WSOP Circuit Starts Slow

mikep — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 15:26:23 +0000

A midweek start for the World Series of Poker circuit event at Harrah’s Resort seems to have tripped up the numbers some as the field for the opening tournament Thursday comes in at just 704. That’s a nice field to be sure (prize pool $204,864), but almost 550 off last year’s opening tournament...

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Borgata Small Bad Beat Hit

mikep — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 19:39:40 +0000

The Borgata’s small bad beat jackpot hit for $50K Wednesday night, bringing the total jackpot down to $428,310. That’s still the highest jackpot in the city, but does show that the drain of the small jackpot hits will probably keep the casino from ever setting a bad beat record in the city (about...

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WSOP Starts Today

mikep — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 16:34:17 +0000

Just a reminder that the WSOP circuit event at Harrah’s Resort gets underway today with it’s opening event at noon. You can get the full schedule here. Good luck grinders.

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Trop Bad Beat Hits for $309K

mikep — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 19:35:33 +0000

News from over a holiday weekend moves at its own pace and we’ve finally gotten word of a major bad beat jackpot hit at The Tropicana on Friday, Nov. 25, shortly after noon, we think. Anyway, the jackpot hit for $309,387.96. Here’s the very precise rundown from The Trop. “Domingo Feliz was dealt...

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$100K Hit on Caesars Six Card Bonus

mikep — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 17:19:56 +0000

The Caesars Entertainment three card poker 6 bonus promotion hit again, though not for the $1 Million grand prize which hit last month. This time the hit was good for $100,000. The game is played at Caesars properties’ three card poker tables. If you make the bonus bet, you get a shot at six...

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