photo by James Berglie
Joe Bartons online poker: And then he three-bet me on the turn with get this jack-high! How sick is that?
US Rep.
MEDIA RELEASE 13 June 2011
Players pack the snowboards and poker faces for New Zealand Poker Tour Queenstown – SKYCITY Snowfest!
SKYCITY Entertainment Group is pleased to announce the 2011 PokerStars.net New Zealand Poker Tour (NZPT) Queenstown SKYCITY Snowfest poker tournament will be coming to the wintry slopes of Queenstown from 22 – 28 August 2011.
Poker players will be lining up to play in this unique poker tournament in the adventure capital of New Zealand. The tournament will be joining two world poker tours run by PokerStars.net, bringing a truly international field into Queenstown. Big
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It happens to everybody after a while. Ive only been here a few weeks but between working with ESPN on the WSOP coverage and playing some of the non-TV bracelet events myself, Im definitely reaching my Vegas limit.
I played a $1500 event today and although I had what must have been the NICEST table ever in poker (no lie, everyone was a total sweetheart), I was in a foul mood. I somehow managed to lose my sweater while walking through the Rio and after that, I think I lost every single pot I played except for 2 tiny ones where I won the blinds.
My table broke and I moved on, hoping for a better run at it but sadly, the next thing I lost was my temper, quickly followed by the rest of my chips.
I sat down with 27bb and hope.
Two tournaments are scheduled to wrap-up at the World Series of Poker on Saturday: The $1,500 Seven-Card-Stud tournament (Event #5) and the $5,000 No Limit Holdem tournament (Event #4).
In the $5k NLHE tournament there are still 43 players remaining –which may cause the tournament to spill over into a fourth day of play due to the new WSOP rule that stops all tournaments after 10 levels of play on any single day—and amongst the remaining players are some very recognizable names. Here is a look at the Top 10 chip-counts heading into Day 3:
1. Brian Lemke 960,000
2. Allen Bari 686,000
3. Ric