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Remember a few weeks ago when I was told that the WSOP payout schedules were made relative to the amount of the event’s buy-in?

Event # 46  $1,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo.  668 entries, 64 places paid.  (9.6% of field)

Event # 51 $1,000 S.H.O.E.  730 entrants, 72 places paid.  (9.86% of field)

Event # 17 $1,000 Ladies No-Limit Hold’em.  1286 entrants, 99 places paid (7.7% of the field).

STILL, no one at Harrah’s can explain to me why this is…

“Oh my God, she’s so serious!” cried the woman with cropped gray hair who sat on my right in the 1 seat.

Just minutes ago she had given me her business card. She worked at the Ocean’s 11 Casino in San Diego County. We had chatted for a few minutes before the cards went in the air. And now, maybe four orbits into the tournament, I thought she was typical dead money like the rest of my table.

“This is serious.” I shot back. “This is the World Series of Poker. I don’t see how it gets more serious than this.” (more…)

A surprisingly strong pro contingent showed up to play the $5,000 WSOP Circuit Event at Caesar’s Palace today. 336 players bought in, including World Series bracelet winners like Chris Ferguson, Greg Raymer, Scotty Nguyen, Men “The Master” Nguyen, Max Pescatori, Mark Seif, David Williams and Kathy Liebert as well as online superstars Shaniac, Nordberg, tsoprano, Takeover, TMay420, and TheWacoKidd. I’m honored again to be part of the PokerNews reporting team, an all-star lineup if there ever was one. The gang was all there today: Schecky, Shrink, Shronk, B.J., Amy, Tiffany, Leeanne and Pauly.

Here’s a few choice moments from today: (more…)

It’s been quite a weekend for women in poker. J.J. Liu came thisclose to winning her second WPT title at the Bay 101 Shooting Stars event, where she finished second to Ted Forrest in the longest final table ever played on the World Poker Tour (263 hands, the average being in the low 100s). (more…)

Shannon Elizabeth defeats Rene Angelil. OK, I’ll buy that.

Shannon Elzabeth defeats Jeff Madsen. All right… I’ll give you two, lucksack.

Shannon Elizabeth defeats Barry Greenstein. The first sign that all is not right with the world. Be forewarned of the impending apocalypse. And didn’t she used to bang his son? (more…)

Tuesday night, “Poker Diva” Liz Lieu took down event #12 at the L.A. Poker Classic, a $1,000+60 buy-in NLHE affair that paid the 30-year old poker pro/fashionista a $148,370 top prize. Lieu now has another enormous horse-shaped trophy to go on her mantle next to the one she took home last year for winning the $1,060 limit hold’em event. Commerce is practically a second home for Liz, who is regarded as one of the most feared players in the lineup at the casino’s $300-$600 and $400-$800 limit hold’em cash games. Even better, Liz will be donating 20% of her tournament score to three seperate charities.

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