Tag: Chip Reese

Five Thoughts: Do You Believe in Magic?

Antonio Esfandiari won the $1 Million Big One for One Drop, leading our Five Thoughts.

WSOP What To Watch For: Mizrachi Goes for Second $50,000 Title; Duhamel Deep in Event #48

In this edition of the PokerNews What To Watch For, Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi leads stack $50,000 Poker Players Championship final table in hopes for second title.

WSOP What To Watch For: Jackie Glazier Heads-up for Bracelet in Event #41

In this edition of the PokerNews WSOP What To Watch For, Jackie Glazier looks to be the first female bracelet winner in an open event since 2007 in Event 41 and Zachary Clark looks for gold in Event 43.

Five Thoughts: How to Improve the November Nine

The November Nine will return the Rio on Sunday to complete the 2011 WSOP Main Event. We offer a few suggestions to improve poker's biggest final table.

High Stakes Poker Season 7: Guess Who's Back

Daniel Negreanu returned to High Stakes Poker this past weekend to play his first session of season seven. Check out how he, Phil Galfond, Doyle Brunson, Phil Laak and Johnny Chan fared.

PokerNews Debate: Are $250,000 Buy-in Events Good or Bad?

We take a look at the controversy surrounding the recent $250,000 event at the Aussie Millions. Donnie Peters and Rich Ryan discuss why they are good and bad for poker and whether or not they should count in the all-time money list.

PokerNews Op-Ed: Should There be an Age Requirement for the Poker Hall of Fame?

Chad Holloway takes a look at the debate surrounding an age requirement for the Poker Hall of Fame.

Wicked Thoughts: Ten Minutes with Wicked Chops Poker's Steve "Chops" Preiss

Although we like to think we know everything poker-related here at PokerNews, we know it is important to keep our fingers on the pulse of the poker media. If anybody has a unique of the industry, it's the boys from Wicked Chops Poker, and we were...

PokerNews Op-Ed: Mike Sexton and the Poker Hall of Fame Dinner

I had the honor of being one of the 15 members of the media who cast votes for the Poker Hall of Fame, so I was not going to miss the opportunity of a lifetime to rub shoulders with its current living members including T. J. Cloutier, Dewey...

Near Miss for Andy Bloch in FTOPS Event #5

The thirteenth Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS) continued on Friday with two more events. Among all of the notable finishes, one in particular stands out. Team Full Tilt member Andy Bloch took second place in event #5, a $200+16 stud...

2009 WSOP: David Bach Wins $50K HORSE in Marathon Final

“Poker is a marathon, not a sprint.” “You’ve gotta be in the game for the long haul....

2009 WSOP: Habib Off to Flying Start in HORSE #49

Chip Reese. Freddy Deeb. Scotty Nguyen. Those three men comprise an exclusive club in poker, the only three...

2008 WSOP Event #45, $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. Day 4: Erick Lindgren, Scotty Nguyen Head Final

Beginning Day 4, the 24 remaining players in Event #45, $50,000 H.O.R.S.E., featured world champions, internet superstars, top cash game players, TV stars and one living legend. With over 30 WSOP bracelets among them...

Dr. Pauly at the 2008 WSOP: A H.O.R.S.E. Preview

In 2006, the World Series of Poker added their first ever $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. event, which was dubbed the player's championship. In some ways, pros wanted to win the H.O.R.S.E. bracelet more so than the Main Event. With the title also...

Sexton's Corner, Vol. 50: One Year, 50 Stories…

The creation of 'Sexton's Corner' happened at the 2007 World Series of Poker. At the time, my wife, Janis, suggested I get a job at the 2007 WSOP with PokerNews.com, as she heard they might be hiring. I met a group for basic training...

Sexton's Corner, Vol. 34: Archie Karas, Part 4 -- More Poker

A few months before his untimely death, Chip Reese was quoted as saying, 'The most money I ever lost in poker was $2,022,000 in one night, playing $8,000/$16,000 limit. I lost that money to Archie Karas.' During Archie's amazing...

Sexton's Corner, Vol. 33: Archie Karas, Part 3 -- Poker Stories

If you won $7,000,000 on a three-month rush, and stacked up all the cash on a big table, would you then risk it all playing the world's greatest players, including Chip Reese, Doyle Brunson, Stu Ungar, Johnny Chan, and a host...

Sexton's Corner, Vol. 29: A Tribute to Chip Reese

Two days after Chip Reese won the WSOP's first-ever $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. event in 2006, I was in traffic at a red light at Flamingo and the Strip. As I looked up at the biggest electronic video billboard in Vegas, in front of Bally's...

Sexton's Corner, Vol. 28: More on Danny Robison

When you think about 1960, you probably remember it as the year of the Rome Olympics or the Presidential election of John F. Kennedy. For me, it was also the year I witnessed Danny Robison launch his gambling career. I walked into the woodshop...

Sexton's Corner, Vol. 27: The Golddust Twins – Part 4

Partnerships usually don't last forever, and the partnership of Chip Reese and Danny Robison, who would become known as the Golddust Twins, came to an end by the end of 1978. They stayed lifelong friends, but each began a different path...

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