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PCA 2013: Different kind of 10K for Lee Jones
"If you had told me five years ago that we would be doing a 10K at the 2013 PCA, I would've said, 'There's no way we could swing that buy-in.'" That's PokerStars' Lee Jones running down Nassau's Bay...
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Adventures in Foie Gras
Since my last update, I took a couple of short trips with my fiancé Yvette and our daughter Liliana. A few days before Thanksgiving, we flew to Texas to visit my mother. She got to spend some quality...
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PCA 2013: Steven Tripp tops the $2k turbo
There are a lot of tournaments here at the PCA. Forty-one if you count them. Some of these side events are big and chunky, like the $2,150 turbo which took place yesterday. Almost half-a-million went...
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PCA 2013: Who is Nicolas Godoy?
The chip lead just changed hands in the main event. Joe Serock now tops the chip list with 1.3 million, overtaking the former leader Nicolas Godoy. But while we know a lot about Serock, a multi WPT...
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PCA 2013: Once a shark, always a shark - Golfing with Ville Wahlbeck
There is more to the PCA than non-stop outstanding poker. The sun, sand, and outdoors can be a welcome reprieve from a bust-out or a gruelling day of stacking chips. One of the great recreation...
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PCA 2013: Cody's naked ambition pays off with the ducks
You may know by now that Jake Cody is the newest member of Team PokerStars Pro, and if you don't, well, you've obviously not be reading this blog. Getting sponsored doesn't guarantee you success or...
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PCA 2013: Patrick Kelly leads final 59 of main event
Another day ends at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, with Patrick Kelly leading the main event with just 59 players remaining. This was perhaps the most critical of days, when build up turns to...
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Esposito leads IPT Campione after Day 1A
We're a global operation, I'm sure you'll agree. So while there is much attention focused on the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure right now, it should come as no surprise that another live event is...
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PCA 2013: Day 4 kicking off with talented field
Maybe you haven't been paying attention so far. And if not, you can be forgiven. The long slog from nearly 1,000 players to a PCA champion can be exhausting. But, now, you must stay focused. The final...
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PCA 2013: Kick off your shoes for the Photo Pimp Off's fourth finalist
The PCA Photo Pimp Off is entering its final day, and whoever gets the last finalist spot better bring some game. So far we have seen: @hiatullah behind a waterfall @katherinexhong on the beach...
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PCA 2013: Jason Mercier and Shaun Deeb's Open-Face Chinese Poker lecture video
We took a walk around Atlantis last night to see the sights. When we left the Imperial Ballroom, almost every one of the high stakes cash game tables had an Open-Face Chinese Poker game going on it. As...
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PCA 2013: Getting stuck into the side events, plus $1k redraw
The winner of the PCA Main Event will pocket $1,859,000. That's a big time pay day but if you don't make the final table in the main (which 979 of the field will not) then there are plenty of side...
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PCA 2013: World Cup of Poker IX takes centre stage
Few words muster as much anticipation and excitement as "World Cup of Poker". The ninth running of the Cup begins today, a highlight not only of the PCA schedule, but of the poker calendar in general,...
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PCA 2013: Henrik Eide beats Hellmuth, Jelassi, Chen and Failla to title and...
Henrik Eide topped an all-star final table in the $5,300 PLO at the PCA. The Swede beat the likes of EPT Prague champ Ramzi Jelassi, 11 WSOP bracelet holder Phil Hellmuth, PCA bounty champ Andrew Chen...
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PCA 2013: Do online poker skills translate to live poker? Yep.
There are many stark differences between online poker and live poker, but when it comes going deep in tournaments, the skill translates. How well? Well, consider this: the man who won the 2012 World...
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PCA 2013: Five players turning ten dollars into PCA history
When you turn $10 in a PokerStars satellite into a PCA package worth $16,000, you've essentially already won. Yours is a trip to the Bahamas, where you'll stay in a luxury hotel and play poker against...
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PCA 2013: Eugene Katchalov alive for Triple Crown
Eugene Katchalov is not only the only remaining Team Pro left in the field. With the elimination of Caros Mortensen, Katchalov remains the only person left in the field still alive for a Triple Crown...
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PCA 2013: "The Rest of the Story" from World Cup of Poker history
Readers of a certain age may recall an American radio personality of the prior generation named Paul Harvey. He had a syndicated radio "column" called "The Rest of the Story." He would lead with some...
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PCA 2013: A Bahamas history lesson (and an aphrodisiac)
Over the past nine years (and non-stop for the past eight days), we have told you a lot about what's going on around Paradise and Atlantis. We thought it was time you learned a little more about the...
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PCA 2013: Four from four for Eddy Sabat
"He's one of the good guys." It's a phrase that you'll often hear when a field gets towards its final stages, when friends of friends are implored to root for someone left in the field. We're not...
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