Archive for July, 2008
2008 WSOP – Day 1b
The date being the Fourth of July, players were issued with American (and other) flags as they entered the Amazon Room for Day 1b of the Main Event, which began with a country-n-western version of the US national anthem before reigning champ Jerry Yang intoned the ritual cry of ‘Shuffle up and deal’. Britain’s Victoria [...]
Posted by Anthony Holden on July 5th, 2008 in Celebrities, WSOP.
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2008 WSOP – Day 1a
Ambling down the long Rio corridor towards the Amazon Room, scene of the WSOP tournaments, I found myself ambling alongside Australian cricketer-turned-poker player Shane Warne. (In the flesh, since you ask, he’s bigger and burlier than expected). That puts a new spin on the state of play hereabouts. Tennis champ Boris Becker has also turned [...]
Posted by Anthony Holden on July 4th, 2008 in Celebrities, WSOP.
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2008 WSOP – The Year of the Pro
Way down below the picture-window of my 52nd-floor suite atop the Palms Hotel-Resort, framed by the stunningly beautiful Sierra Nevada mountains on the horizon, the Rio hotel-casino looks the size of a matchbox. Head downstairs and struggle across the road in the 120-degree heat, however, and it soon returns to scale : the imposing if [...]
Posted by Anthony Holden on July 3rd, 2008 in Celebrities, WSOP.
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