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Gold dominates at World Series of Poker |
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LAS VEGAS - Jamie Gold continued his reign over the final table of the World Series of Poker late Thursday, busting out his third opponent of the night and amassing more than half the chips in play with just four players standing between him and the $12 million top prize.The 36-year-old former Hollywood talent agent's latest victim was 55-year-old retired San Antonio businessman Richard Lee, who Gold had been taunting and reraising all night.On one hand, Gold flaunted a naked bluff of an unsuite |
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Gold, Cunningham control final table |
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LAS VEGAS - Luke Chung called it "murder row." He should know, he was one of its victims. For several hours Wednesday the two leaders at the World Series of Poker, former talent agent Jamie Gold and tournament pro Allen Cunningham, were sitting uncomfortably side-by-side, both with imposing chip stacks.Chung, a 31-year-old corporate finance manager from Atlanta bet into the breach with his entire stack of some 3 million in chips riding on two pair, with an ace and five in his hand, and an ace, f |
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South Florida man gets $1.15 million in poker tourney |
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He arrived in Las Vegas as an unknown duplex landlord, but Fred Goldberg returned to South Florida on Wednesday as the 10th-best poker player in the world.Goldberg, 30, had the poker run of his lifetime in the World Series of Poker at the Rio in Las Vegas the past two weeks, finishing 10th among 8,773 entrants. He earned $1.15 million, just missing out on making the nine-player final table. "I'm happy, but a part of me thinks I could have been the world champion," he said.More than 20 friends an |
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Enemy agent hoards chips |
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LAS VEGAS - In a game that gave its name to the expression "poker face" — usually framed by sunglasses, a baseball cap or a cowboy hat — Jamie Gold is open-faced and gabby and, thus far at the World Series of Poker's Main Event, incredibly successful.Gold, 36, of Malibu, Calif. — a former agent who counts future stars Felicity Huffman of Desperate Housewives and James Gandolfini of The Sopranos among his former clients — enters today's final, nine-player table at the World Series' No-Limit Texas |
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GSN Renews 'High Stakes Poker' for a Third Season |
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SANTA MONICA, Calif., Aug. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- GSN has renewed its highlysuccessful cash game poker series HIGH STAKES POKER for a third season, itwas announced today. The second season of HIGH STAKES POKER is currentlyairing on GSN Monday nights at 9:00 PM ET. "We were betting that HIGH STAKES POKER would be a success and we havewon big," said Rich Cronin, President and CEO of GSN. "This show has provento be a breakout hit with poker fans. We couldn't be more pleased by theresponse that we hav |
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9 players left at World Series of Poker |
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LAS VEGAS - Nine players — four pros, a former talent agent, an insurance broker, an ad salesman, a recent college grad and a retired businessman — were all that remained from a field of more than 8,700 hopefuls vying for poker's biggest prize of $12 million early Wednesday.Around 2:20 a.m., after a dozen hours of play, Fred Goldberg, a 30-year-old general contractor from Hollywood, Fla., bet all his remaining 2.8 million in chips on the only hope he had left: that no other players had decent ca |
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Gold's poker stack continues to balloon |
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LAS VEGAS - Jamie Gold used to make a living by putting Hollywood actors on the big screen. On Tuesday, he got away with a remarkably bad acting job in a bluff that helped increase his dominant lead in the World Series of Poker.Gold bet 750,000 in chips at a pot worth 1.3 million while holding a king and 10 that had no help from a board of ace, four, three and a pair of twos. Prahlad Friedman had the best hand with pocket sevens.Friedman, a 28-year-old poker player from Los Angeles, peered throu |
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World Series Of Poker Final Table Decided |
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The players for the World Series of Poker (WSOP) final have now been decided with Fred Goldberg being the unlucky player not to make the grade.Kevin Aaronson was eliminated in 15th by Erik Friberg who had four Queens - I guess he can't argue with that and Luke Chungs two pair (A, 5) were beaten by Jamie Golds two pair (A, J) for him to be eliminated in 14th.William Thorsson was knocked out in 13th place and was the highest placed player not to become a millionaire. His pocket Jacks were beaten |
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World Series of Poker coming to a close |
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The 37th World Series of Poker is winding down after six exciting and dramatic weeks.Tomorrow, the Final Table of the Main Event is being staged. The lucky nine will grind it out for the television cameras, and poker history. Each of them is guaranteed over a million dollars. That’s pretty good for a few days of play, but of course, these finalists have vanquished 8,764 of the world’s best.Speaking of the world’s best, Phil Hellmuth won his tenth WSOP bracelet in the $1000 No Limit Hold ’Em Even |
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It's poker, hands down |
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As the first winner of the World Series of Poker 36 years ago, poker legend Johnny Moss won a silver cup. Back then, a vote among the players decided the winner. No cash exchanged hands."When the tournament was over, we gave the cup to Moss and then had a few drinks and started playing poker again," poker legend Doyle "Texas Dolly" Brunson says. "Those were the days. Boy, have times changed."No longer shunned to the dark, back rooms of casinos, poker is sizzling in the mainstream, having ridden |
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