| The second half of the third round features some amazing match-ups, both for the poker skill involved and what they represent to me personally. All eight players are wearing the Full Tilt colors. These are my comments on the matches as I dreamed them u read more |
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| Mike Matusow just won a very tough match from Mike ''the Grinder'' Mizrachi. Unlike TV matches from time immemorial, it was looking like he was getting outplayed, but this time, HE got the luck. Before the match, Mike, at Table 3, called over to John read more |
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| Heat 1 of the second round featured eight matches which varied in advance appeal between ''who?'' and ''wow?'' What follows were my impressions, noted by time to keep them roughly in order, by match. I started the match planted about six feet from Shann read more |
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| By the time many of you read this, the matches I'm previewing will be long completed. But read on! The great thing about a competition like this is that anything is possible. When they haven't played the matches yet, you can imagine anything. While th read more |
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| I took my seat in the corner of the bleachers by table 3 for the diamonds bracket, the fourth heat of the day. There were no shortage of interesting match-ups by I wanted to watch Clonie Gowen and Kristy Gazes play close up. The Storm vs. The Gaze. I read more |
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| During the second bracket of the first round, the spades bracket, I decided to sit behind Ted Forrest and watch, close-up, his match with Sam Farha. The Forrest-Farha matchup was one of the most intriguing of the first round. They played an epic match read more |
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| They are just getting ready to start the third heat of the heads-up championship. Mike Matusow is at the feature table in the hearts bracket (the third heat today), getting ready to square off with friend and foil Daniel Negreanu. ''I just want to have read more |
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| Katie Lindsay is the young, smart, funny, pretty, friendly poker correspondent who is doing video interviews from the Championship for Pokerwire. She is a good friend of mine and a degenerate gambler. As she squeezed by me in press row just before the read more |
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| ''Pure boys!'' For some reason, I remember that line from a high school play. I think it was MUSIC MAN, when the townspeople were expressing their concern about a new pool hall in town. The pairings party for the heads-up championship was at PURE, the read more |
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| As I drove into town Thursday afternoon, I called Clonie Gowen to ask if she wanted to come with me to Fashion Show Mall. I had two baggage errands to run. ''Me and Shannon have to get scanned for an Activision poker game but if you're by in a half hou read more |
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