by Wicked Chops Entity on 7.27.2006 in Uncategorized | no comments
Of Card Player’s many great qualities, perhaps the greatest quality of them all is its sense of humor.
And poker needs more humor.
Straight-up news sources like Wicked Chops Poker feel like it’s our responsibility to bring you honest, straight-forward reporting that is always tactful, integrity always in check.
Therefore, we rely on Card Player to find the humor in things.
For example, it would be bordering on impossible to find any humor in David William’s impressive run through the 2006 WSOP. Suffice to say, his play speaks for itself. Yet, in a moment that could have made it into an Alanis Morissette song about irony, Card Player, yet again, was able to find us a laugh during some serious final table action. We can only imagine how much more funny the following would’ve been if the Main Event in 2004 were a Deuce-to-Seven Lowball tournament, if what happened occurred during heads-up play, and if what happened was actually funny.
In a funny twist of fate, Williams followed up his double bust by eliminating the man who knocked him out of the 2004 Main Event – Greg Raymer.
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by Wicked Chops Entity on 7.25.2006 in Uncategorized | no comments
The sheer volume of opportunities that Card Player provides for LYWTMsTM is beginning to border on the absurd. In corporate America-speak, it’s like drinking water from a fire hose.
And just when we thought that LYWTM opportunities would eventually dry up, we discovered the Daily, and suddenly a whole new world of amazement appeared right before our eyes.
It’s very tempting to just slap up a link to the July 24th the Daily and use the entire issue as a LYWTM. It’s so tempting, in fact, that’s exactly what we’re going to do. However, below we will still call out a few of our favorite gems. You can mine for your own gold by downloading this.
1) Big Field; Big Money
The final table of the $2,000 No-Limit Hold’em tournament (event #31) wasn’t set until 3:40 a.m. on Sunday morning, and those nine came back to play just 11 hours later. And the man who started with the most chips, Justin Scott of Redford Township, Michigan, ended up with all of them by 11:18 p.m., earning $842,262 and his first WSOP bracelet.
2) It seems we are always pressed for space at the Daily: so much to cover, so little room. So this recap will be quick…
Editor’s Note: If you’re so pressed for space, why not just say: We’re always pressed for space at the Daily, so this recap will be quick.” You would’ve saved some space there. Who is editing this damn thing? Wordy McGillicutty?
3) Bloch finished second in the $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. tournament, taking home more than $1 million (and he very nearly won the thing).
Editor‚Äôs Note: By the very nature of finishing second, doesn‚Äôt that mean you very nearly won the thing? Isn‚Äôt that implied? Wouldn’t that have saved words too? Going to kick selves in heads now.
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by Wicked Chops Entity on 7.23.2006 in Uncategorized | no comments
When we first entered the WSOP media room, we immediately noticed a slick four-page newsletter called Card Player Daily. In it, Card Player provides recapped news of the previous day’s events. Daily. (Note: It is also available to you online.)
"Wait, MORE Card Player enjoyment available to us on a daily basis? What, is this Christmas? Or as Jewish people like to call it, Hanukkah?" we thought.
So while these aren’t necessarily LYWTM’sTM in the traditional sense, the spirit of what a LYWTM is lives strongly in the headlines provided to describe Events #29 (won by John Gale) and #30 (that Madsen kid who hates everyone).
A Gale-Force Win:
John Gale Win [sic] Event #29
Youth v. [sic] Experience: Youth Wins
Jeff Madsen Wins Second Bracelet in Event #30
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by Wicked Chops Entity on 7.18.2006 in Uncategorized | 3 comments
Earlier today Dr. Pauly eloquently stated: “complaining about the lackluster official live coverage at Card Player…is utterly futile.”
While we understand where Pauly is coming from, we unfortunately must disagree with his assessment. See, we here at Wicked Chops Poker think that nobody provides more entertaining WSOP coverage than the good folks over at Card Player. Where else on the entire planet can you find perfectly polished written gems like:
1) “At table 119 action has slowed considerably. Most of the poker is being played pre-flop with players raising, facing a re-raise and then folding.” 2) “Nearly every type of poker animal inhabited the Rio‚Äôs Amazon Room and the sights, sounds, and yes, even smells, transformed the massive convention area into a veritable poker jungle.” OR EVEN 3) “It was a day filled with fast action, bad beats, suck outs and lucky draws.”
Believe us, we’ve tried to come up with stuff like that, but like eating 28 Krystal burgers in a two minute span, it’s just not something we can physically do.
So while it’s really difficult to disagree with an esteemed colleague like Pauly, we have been left with no choice. Not when Card Player persistently provides Pulitzer Prize winning prose like the following:
After eating his food (it was most likely spinach), Clements decided to finish his opponents off for dessert: He rivered a flush to knock Corpuz out in fourth place ($68,006), and hit a straight on fifth street to send Brent Carter to the rails in third place ($77,722).
We aren’t betting men, except replace “aren’t” with “are,” but we’d be willing to bet Pauly changes his tune after reading today’s LYWTMTM.
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2006 WSOP,
tao of poker
by Wicked Chops Entity on 7.16.2006 in Uncategorized | no comments
Unless the 2006 WSOP is like the entities that comprise Wicked Chops Enterprises LLC and has the staying power and quick rebound abilities to create multiple climatic moments in a short period of time, then the 2006 WSOP might have already experienced its climax with the $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. event.
Because everything seems to be going downhill, from the actual play to the coverage of [the play].
Now if we were gay black men in the early 90′s, then we’d readily admit we gave Card Player "two snaps up in a circle" for finally upping their game during the H.O.R.S.E. event. Relatively speaking, their coverage of the H.O.R.S.E. tourney, while maybe not on par with other enterprises, was still top notch 
considering where they had previously set the bar. But with Chip Reese’s big win, an ugly hangover seems to be setting in across the Rio. One that may only be cured by a Hellmuth 10th bracelet or the onset of the Main Event. Nowhere is this hangover more evident than at Event #22 ($2,000 NLH, currently lead by Julian Gardner). We’re not sure what would make us want to kick ourselves repeatedly in the head more, actually having to be there to watch the play, or reading more updates like the one below…tough call.
Sat Jul 15 21:22:00 PDT 2006
Action Slows at Table 119
At table 119 action has slowed considerably. Most of the poker is being played pre-flop with players raising, facing a re-raise and then folding.
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H.O.R.S.E.
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