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Jason Calacanis and David Sacks on Their WSOP Last Longer Bet

by Wicked Chops Entity on July 9, 2009 TweetThis

in Poker News

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One trend we’re seeing at the 2009 WSOP Main Event is an increase of tech company CEOs in the field.

Two of those CEOs, Jason Calcanis (mahalo.com) and David Sacks (geni.com & yammer.com) plunked money down on a time honored poker tourney tradition: the last-longer bet.

Michael Arrington of techcrunch.com got involved as well, wagering on Sacks, which was a good call since Calacanis was knocked out on Day 2B. Sacks is alive with an above average stack, which means he’ll be bailing on his Real-Time Stream CrunchUp on Friday at TechCrunch 50 conference.

Read more about it and on the other tech execs playing in the Main Event here.

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The Entities to Enter Dream Team Poker This Saturday

by Wicked Chops Entity on March 23, 2009 TweetThis

in Dream Team Poker

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We tried to get half Filipina, half Puerto Rican model Justene Jaro as a last minute fill in for Snake, but a little thing called a "restraining order" got in the way. Apparently it's illegal to stand outside someone's window with your pants around your ankles every day for a week. Whatever. View more (some NSFW) photos of Jaro here.

Not sure how it's happened so quickly, but Dream Team Poker seems to be building some pretty big buzz. So…the Entities who compromise Wicked Chops Poker are entering the fray to find out what the big deal is.

Chops, The Addict, and (filling in for Snake) special guest Entity Jason Calacanis (bio here) are forming Team Wicked Chops for this weekend's DTP stop at Caesar's Palace.

The basic gist of Dream Team Poker is each group ponies up a collective $1,500 to compete in a traditional no limit tourney. The team with the best wins. So if you donk off your chips early, you're not out yet, as you can root on the rest of your team and still win.

We'll be going up against defending champs Team Bluff (???), Team Yo Mama (Tiffany Michelle, Maria Ho and Lacey Jones) and Team Favorites (Phil Hellmuth, Mike "The Mouth" Matusow, and Los Angeles Lakers owner Jerry Buss), among others.

This tour stop actually sold out already, so you'll have to wait until the next one to enter your own team.

More to come…but look for updates on WCP later this week and when the event kicks off on Saturday at noon PST. Read more about this weekend's event here and check out the DTP website here.

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