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PCA 2013: Size matters
A couple of months ago, I turned on my television to watch my college alma mater play in a basketball tournament. I took a step back from the television with my mouth agape. "I know that carpet!" I...
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PCA 2013: Record-breaking $100,000 Super High Roller field
All around the Imperial Ballroom there are nine-foot high black pillars. On each of these pillars--facing all four points on the compass--are six televisions. Four of those televisions feature Slyde...
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PCA 2013: Gruissem leads record field in Super High Roller
For a tournament that costs $100,000 to play it might appear odd for there to be so much laughing. As play began there were giggles coming from everywhere - Scott Seiver, Jason Mercier, Dan Shak,...
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PCA 2013: Wake up with Daniel Negreanu...and more
I don't know about you, but when I wake up in the morning, the first thing I usually think is, "I wonder what Daniel Negreanu is doing right now." Tomorrow, that answer will come a lot easier than...
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PCA 2013: How to fight jet lag, courtesy Kid Poker
By the time the main event gets rolling here at Atlantis, people will have flown from all corners of the globe to play in one of poker's destination events. Not all of them will handle the time zone...
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PCA 2013: Balance
Poker is all about balance. Be too passive and the aggressive players of the world (and here I mean specifically Vanessa Selbst) will eat you alive. Be too aggressive and people will simply lay back,...
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PCA 2013: Down to two tables in the Super High Roller
The $100,000 Super High Roller is down to its final two tables, although those two tables are devoid of any players as they've gone to dinner. Nick Schulman leads with 1.8m and is no stranger to...
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Serbia's Chuperak BG wins first 2013 Women's Sunday
A new year always brings excitement, especially in the world of poker. New goals, combined with interesting promotions from PokerStars Women, give players the chance to start 2013 on a high note. The...
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PCA 2013: The bustle is back
Well it's here. You can just about feel it. The bustle. It's the increased energy in the tournament room making this place feel like what it is - the venue for something big. Up until now the ballroom...
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Sunday Warm-Up: A calming $97K win for madsamot
With all eyes on Atlantis for the 10th annual PokerStars Caribbean Adventure one would think the population of tonight's $500,000 guarantee Sunday Warm-Up might be down. Considering those players often...
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PCA 2013: Behind the scenes of the Super High Roller with Garry Gates
For a man who has helped coordinate the biggest $100,000 Super High Roller in history, there probably isn't enough room in Garry Gates' pockets for actual cash this week. At any given time, you can...
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PCA 2013: What Mercier can do...
Jason Mercier's time post dinner break could be better. He ran queens into kings and fell down to the lower part of the chip counts. But, hey, we all know he can do a lot with a little. Or at least...
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PCA 2013: Satelliting to glory
Each day before the dual Day 1 starting days a $1,000 super satellite to the Main Event plays out. Some of the field look like they've strolled in from the main body of Atlantis, holiday-goers decked...
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PCA 2103: Doc Sands rolls into Super High Roller final table with huge chip lead
Twelve players remained in the 2013 PCA $100,000 Super High Roller when there arose such a clatter from the feature table stage, there was left no doubt in anyone's mind that an adult man had fallen...
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Smasherxx67 smashes first Sunday Million of 2013
Poker players often make New Year's resolutions that pertain to their bankrolls, tournament goals, and amount of playing time. Six days into 2013, many players were already putting those aspirations...
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PokerStars weekend review (01-07-13)
Unless your over-indulgence during the holiday season caused a blackout of embarrassing proportions, you will know that the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (or #PCA10 as the cool kids call it on...
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Packed schedule at PokerSchoolOnline
You know, it's not all about the poker training at PokerSchoolOnline. Sure you'll find tons of daily live training sessions, videos, hand analysis questions and other such learning material available...
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PCA 2013: Main event kicks
Today we mark a milestone that some people might have thought impossible in the recent past. With the call of "Shuffle up and deal," the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure main event kicked off for the...
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PCA 2013: The perfect way to leave a poker tournament
The opening level has been dominated by one thing, the rapid disappearance of a lot of players. Some 500 of them returned today but with an hour played that number had already dropped considerably. It...
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PCA 2013: "What can you do with 20K chips in 12 minutes?"
The PCA always offers a few new and different things for the players and this, our tenth PCA, is no exception. We've rolled out the Zoom Challenge, which we've done before at other events, but this...
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