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Phil Ivey May Make Up to $6 Million in WSOP Side Bets

by Stephen A. Murphy |  Published: Nov 07, '09

… to bet more on himself,” Eli Elezra, a friend of Ivey’s and one of his main competitors at the Big Game at Bellagio, told Card Player on Thursday afternoon. Ivey, who at 33 became the youngest person to win seven World Series of Poker bracelets this …

Poker Strategy -- Carter King on Queens and Scary Boards

by Kristy Arnett |  Published: Nov 04, '09

… $1.2 million. When he’s not competing in the biggest tournaments in the world, he’s grinding cash games. The Game Location: Bellagio Stakes: $10-$20 Game: No-limit hold’em Stack Sizes Villain — $2,400 Carter King — $6,500 Review of the Hand …

This Week in Poker -- Oct. 24-30

by Ryan Lucchesi |  Published: Oct 30, '09

… to 1,729 for 2009. Tommy Vedes Books a Big Win at Bellagio The World Poker Tour Festa al Lago Classic $15,000 no- … tournament trail during the past couple of months and the win at Bellagio earned him 1,680 points. When combined with his five previous …

Caesars Palace Classic Main Event -- Day 1

by Julio Rodriguez |  Published: Oct 28, '09

The $5,000 preliminary events at the Bellagio Festa Al Lago were a bit of a disappointment, with the highest number of entrants coming in at 55. Many expected a similar fate for the third-annual Caesars Palace Classic, which reduced its buy-in from $10, …

Tommy Vedes Wins the World Poker Tour Festa al Lago Classic

by Ryan Lucchesi |  Published: Oct 26, '09

… of the 2009 World Poker Tour Festa al Lago Classic $15,000 no-limit hold’em championship began at 4 p.m. PDT today at Bellagio. The field of 275 players had whittled its way down to the final six, and they returned to see who would walk away with the top …

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Card Player CEO Captures World Series of Poker Europe Championship

by Justin Marchand |  Published: Nov 13, '09

… When the big Vegas poker action moved across Flamingo Road to Bellagio, Shulman followed, playing in the $15-$30 Omaha games. But … clear to me that poker was going to boom,” he states. “Bellagio was opening this beautiful cardroom. The Internet was new, …

The Scoop -- Eric Baldwin

by Adam Schoenfeld and Diego Cordovez |  Published: Nov 01, '09

… need to work on your deep-stack game. I really started trying to learn cash games and deep-stack play. I won a preliminary event at Bellagio, and part of the deal was that you had to take a $25,000 seat in the WPT Championship. I went into it without any …

Generation Next -- Yuval Bronshtein

by Rebecca McAdam |  Published: Nov 01, '09

… life forever. I took the $200 and decided to play $2/5 no-limit at the Bellagio with it and take a shot. That night I won $2,800. I got us a room at the Bellagio so I could play again the next day. I won about $2,500 then, and …

Is U.S. Live Poker in Terminal Decline?

by Ryan Lucchesi |  Published: Nov 01, '09

… tournament field in the U.S. is indicative of what is happening all across the country for $10,000 plus buy-in events. The Bellagio Cup V $15,000 no-limit hold’em championship dropped from 446 players all the way down to 268 (a 39.9 percent drop) in 2009, …

Player of the Year

by Card Player News Team |  Published: Oct 30, '09

… You may recognize the young pro from his breakthrough performance in April, when he took down the World Poker Tour Championship at Bellagio for $2,149,960. That tournament netted him 2,448 points, which means that after the WCOOP concluded, we had a new …

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2009 Five Diamond World Poker Classic Nov 27, '09 - Dec 19, '09
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