Summer Poker Series 2011 – WSOP Event #20

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If the Saturday 1.5k starting table was a dream, the 1k starting table was a nightmare.  Actually, my official starting table lasted about 5 hands and then I was moved to a tough table. At the official starting table I was able to turn my 3k starting to 3.8k super easily.  I flatted QJ from… Read more »

Summer Poker Series 2011 – WSOP Event #18

Posted by | at 12:12 am

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Saturday brought my first event of the series, the $1500 Event #18.   I geared up in TPE swag and headed over to the Rio with the team.  I was super excited to play because I feel like my game has grown so much in the past year since the last WSOP since I’ve been… Read more »

Summer Poker Series 2011 – Arriving

Posted by | at 12:40 am

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Nothing is quite as exciting in poker as gearing up for the big summer tourneys such as the WSOP and Venetian DeepStacks.  My plans for this year's summer poker series was split into two trips.  The first trip is over and I'll be recounting the events here for you.  I’ll be back in July for… Read more »

Tournament Poker Edge Provides WSOP Hand Analysis for Cardplayer

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Tournament Poker Edge has teamed up with Cardplayer Magazine to provide analysis on key hands from this summers World Series of Poker. Check out the first installment of this feature here: http://www.cardplayer.com/poker-news/11477-tournament-poker-edge-analyzes-key-hand-from-allen-bari-s-wsop-victory

Summer in Vegas Update

Posted by | at 3:27 pm

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Taking today off.  I have a pizza in the oven and a cold Mt. Dew for fuel.  Plan on just taking it easy today and getting a bunch of work done.  I've really been having a blast here in the TPE house.  Never a dull moment to say the least.,,hopefully you guys have been checking… Read more »

WSOP – Week 1

Posted by | at 4:55 am

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The first week in Las Vegas for the 2011 World Series of Poker has not gone quite as planned.   I’ve had a few near misses including a pretty deep run in a Venetian Deepstack where I flopped the nuts and ended up losing to a rivered full house for 200 BBs with the bubble approaching. … Read more »

The Vegas Summer Begins

Posted by | at 10:48 am

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Waking up at 6:30 am was not how I planned for the summer to begin, but since I did, I figured I might as well start things off in a productive fashion and get a blog post done. I arrived at the TPE house at 2 PM yesterday.  Cougars and Bigdog had already arrived and… Read more »

Business as Usual

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Despite the recent changes in the poker landscape, it’s business as usual for the bigdog.  I was able to take 2nd recently in the Poker Stars Sunday 500 for $42K and then a few days later took 2nd in FTOPS #31 for almost $11K. Along with a few other decent sized scores it was a… Read more »

Every New Beginning

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"Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end." – Seneca I think I have recovered. The shock of Black Friday has passed. The sun still seems to be coming up every day and I'm playing poker again. I made a $500 deposit on Carbon Poker in early May in hopes that I could occasionally… Read more »

2011 WSOPE Dates Announced

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The World Series of Poker in Las Vegas is only a few weeks away, but the dates have already been announced for the 2011 World Series of Poker Europe. The Casino Barriere de Cannes Croisette and the Hotel Barriere in Cannes, France will host the event from Octo7th through the 20th.  The series will include… Read more »