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Mitchell Cogert over at his “How to Win a Poker Tournament” blog has put together a couple of excellent summaries of Daniel Negreanu and Gus Hansen’s approach to playing small and medium pairs. You can read Gus’ advice here: Gus Hansen on playing small and medium pairs and Daniel’s advice here: Daniel Negreanu on playing small and medium pairs. It won’t surprise you to hear that Hansen advocates a more aggressive style of play than Daniel.
It can often seem that Twitter is nothing more than a chaotic, disorganized shouting match, with more people selling “make money from home” nostrums than actual readers. Yet sifting through the rubble, one can often find useful coverage of breaking events. At the 2009 World Series of Poker, for example, Twitter users @taopauly and @JeffreyPollack distinguished themselves with up-to-the-second Twittering of real-time tournament results. The online poker sites, many with hourly posting schedules, simply couldn’t keep up with the fast-paced action in the tournament’s final days. Users of Twitter are practically transported live onto the scene; a Twitterer texting on their phone can provide instant coverage of breaking events.
Read more about how Twitter changed coverage of this year’s World Series of Poker here: http://www.lasvegasweekly.com/news/2009/jul/16/raise-fold-or-tweet/.
The Final 9 for the 2009 World Series of Poker Main Event championship are all set, with two top pros still in the running: Phil Ivey and Jeff Shulman. The final table chip counts are as follows:
| Darvin Moon | - | $58,930,000 | ||
| Eric Buchman | - | $34,800,000 | ||
| Steven Begleiter | - | $29,885,000 | ||
| Jeff Shulman | - | $19,580,000 | ||
| Joseph Cada | - | $13,215,000 | ||
| Kevin Schaffel | - | $12,390,000 | ||
| Phil Ivey | - | $9,765,000 | ||
| Antoine Saout | - | $9,500,000 | ||
| James Akenhead | - | $6,800,000 |
Final table play at the World Series will resume November 7! The players will have plenty of time to think through their strategy for the final stretch to poker immortality. Read more about the run-up to the final table here: http://tinyurl.com/m3ybpb
