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Toby's Poker Blog July 2005 Archive

By Toby Bochan, About.com Guide to Poker since 2005

Jennifer Tilly Talks Poker With Leno

Saturday July 30, 2005
Jen Tilly, winner of the 2005 Ladies Event at the World Series, was a guest on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno and I jotted down the part where she ... Read More

Poker at Foxwoods

Thursday July 28, 2005
Last week I took a trip to tour Foxwood's Casino for the first time. I figured it was about time I went and visited the world's largest casino and check ... Read More

World Series 2005/2006 Circuit Schedule

Wednesday July 27, 2005
ESPN aired the second episode of its World Series of Poker Circuit Tournaments last night, and it reminded me that you don't have to go to Vegas to play in ... Read More

World Series of Poker Winner Joseph Hachem on Leno Tonight

Monday July 25, 2005
See what poker's newest star, Joseph Hachem, has to say on tonight's Tonight Show. Should be interesting to hear more from the WSOP's 2005 champ.

Daniel Negreanu's New Poker Column

Saturday July 23, 2005
He's already writing for Card Player Magazine, launching a new poker video game, appearing in the new poker movie, "Lucky You" and of course, playing lots of poker, but somehow ... Read More

Phil Laak Beats the PokerBot

Friday July 22, 2005
This past Sunday, poker pro (and boyfriend of recent World Series of Poker bracelet winner Jennifer Tilly) Phil Laak went against the winner of the first World Poker Robot Championship ... Read More

Feeding the Poker Craving

Wednesday July 20, 2005
After all the World Series of Poker excitement, I had to go play some poker in a casino card room. Now that I'm back, I still crave the cards. Because ... Read More

G'Day Mate! Joseph Hachem Wins WSOP

Saturday July 16, 2005
Cries of "Aussie, Aussie, Aussie! Oy! Oy! Oy!" rang out as Australian Joseph Hachem became the newest addition to World Series of Poker history and the WSOP main event winners ... Read More

World Series of Poker Final Table Players

Friday July 15, 2005
It took them until 3 in the Las Vegas morning to whittle the field down to the final nine players in the World Series of Poker $10,000 No-Limit Texas Hold'em ... Read More

Poker and Charity

Thursday July 14, 2005
There's a lot of money changing hands in the World Series of Poker, and around poker games in general. After all, poker is a game in which money is the ... Read More

Top Ten in Chips After Day 5 of the World Series

Thursday July 14, 2005
In case you were wondering, via Sir Paul: Top 10 Current Chip Leaders at the Main Event of the World Series of Poker: 1. Mike Matusow (Las Vegas, NV) $5.14M 2. Phil Ivey ... Read More

Busting Out and Bad Beat Stories

Wednesday July 13, 2005
With 5619 players starting in the World Series of Poker Championship No-Limit Hold'em Event, there will eventually be 5,618 stories about "the hand that ended it" and somehow, even more ... Read More

And on the 4th Day, Everyone Got Paid

Tuesday July 12, 2005
So the fourth day of the main event of the World Series of Poker is going on, and as I write this, there are less than 150 of the original ... Read More

Day 2 of the World Series of Poker Begins

Sunday July 10, 2005
After 3 days of "first" days, 1864 people will start on Day 2 of the WSOP. The final numbers for the tournament: Final Number of Entries: 5619 Final Prize Pool: $52.8 Million ... Read More

Looking Bad for the Poker Pros at the World Series

Saturday July 9, 2005
Most of the pros I thought I'd be watching for in the Main Event of the WSOP have busted out of the $10,000 No-Limit Tournament. Notable bustouts via the Tao ... Read More

5,661 Began...

Friday July 8, 2005
The final count for entries to the 2005 $10,000 buy-in no-limit Texas Hold'em Event at the World Series of Poker was 5,661. According to the live blogging wonder, Pauly, the ... Read More

The World Series of Poker Main Event Begins

Thursday July 7, 2005
I can almost feel the excitement here in New York City all the way from Vegas -- that's how big the $10,000 main event of this year's WSOP is. The ... Read More

Get Your Home Game On

Wednesday July 6, 2005
I play a lot of poker online at various sites, but as far as I'm concerned, playing poker with real live people can't be beat. I haven't gotten to play ... Read More

World Series of Poker Poll

Saturday July 2, 2005
Before the World Series of Poker began this year, I thought that amateurs would win a lot of the events, but so far, the majority of the winners have been ... Read More

Don't Mess With Texas Dolly

Friday July 1, 2005
You gotta hand it to Doyle Brunson. Just after Johnny Chan went ahead and won his 10th bracelet, 72-year old poker legend Doyle "Texas Dolly" Brunson caught up and won ... Read More

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