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EZC-Boston

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  1. A little late on this but I thought the live coverage was awesome. You get to really see what happens, as opposed to only watching a few critical hands. I understand it may not always be thrilling television but it gave you a much better feeling for the game. Much more analysis than humor. I hope it is just the start.

     

    As for the original question, I believe the start playing hand for a hand a few players from the money. I don't know what the exact number this year was but I'm guessing somewhere between 5 and 10 players from the money. Bubble play is very interesting to watch, shorts stacks trying to survive and big stacks trying to punish.

     

    And for the Norman Chad fans, the traditional coverage will be back as well.

     

    One question I did have, was what else does ESPN have to show at this time? I mean it is ESPN2 in the middle of the summer, no college sports, nothing much else going on. I thought it was good for all.

  2. I wouldn't be a bit surprised if that was part of it. It's not just the fan harassment, it's that the tournament has become so big it's virtually unwinnable for guys like Ivey. Every dork who won a satellite tourney wants to go home with an 'I went all-in on Phil Ivey' story and sooner or later someone is going to catch a card to beat him. So he figures he's unlikely to win any serious cash so why not take the opportunity to make a very public break from his shady sponsor. It's a smart move.

     

     

     

    Yup. Horseracing is MUCH more entrenched with the old guard set (i.e., old, rich guys who have friends in Congress).

     

    True but he's rumored to have $5 million bet that he will win a bracelet, plus he's done very well in the main event and this means he's skipping 56 other events as well. I just wish stupid congress would figure this out (please don't move to PPP)

  3. Interesting..I have money at FTP, just assumed it was gone..and yep just checked site still saying can't pay me my funds. Lordy, cracks me up i can load my account at twinspires.com on a credit card and play the horses all day long, but not poker.

     

    I am not a lottery player, but will bet dollars to doughnuts I can play the lottry online to my hearts content :wallbash::censored:

     

    Basically the horse racing industry is bigger and more powerful than poker industry...

  4. For those with DTV (and outside of Buffalo) do you know which channel the game will be on? I know sometimes for me the Center Ice feed is blacked out and I have to watch on the MSG-NYa feed. Any idea about tonight? I won't be home tonight for the start of the game and want to make sure I set the DVR correctly.

  5. I know there are a few others on here who visit battlecam.com once in a while, but the creator of the site - the "Eccentric Billionaire" Alki David - has signed a deal with DirecTV to broadcast all the battlecam craziness each night starting on or before Monday. The hours have yet to be determined, but it will either be 12 midnight to 3am eastern time, or 12 midnight to 3am Pacific time (3a-6a eastern). Testing was completed this week, and Alki said there is a chance the first broadcast will take place tomorrow, Friday 4/8. If that doesn't happen, it will be Monday 4/11 for sure.

     

    Watch at your own risk! :devil:

     

    Care to share the premise for the uninformed or are you just going to tell me to f off and go to google? If that's the case I'll pass. I'm too lazy.

  6. So is he claiming self defense? 'Cause that's some wicked self-defense.

     

    Basically that's the way it seems, I think the quote I read from the prosecutor was like "She was bringing him laundry and he brought her two hunting knives." Doesn't really sound like self defense to me.

  7. Also found the Skills Competition a little boring, just seemed like after the opening, production value was low and there wasn't much in the way of entertainment to keep people interested. Met Barnaby as well, he may have been hand in hand with one of the blondes from ESPN (not Erin Andrews), which was news to me.

  8. My favorite for just casually hanging out for a big game is Mandalay, it's huge and awesome and usually a great atmosphere but not sure it is the set up you are looking for. I'm a pretty big fan of Mirage as well. They are the best with drink tickets and it seems to be a good home base. I think you're talking about Lagasse Stadium. I've never been but heard it is amazing.

  9. Planet Hollywood is by FAR my favorite casino/hotel on the strip, and it's fairly cheap. Young, hip, fun vibe.

     

    Check out http://www.smartervegas.com/ for deals on hotels, shows, etc. Also check out www.travelzoo.com

     

     

     

    I was at the Cosmo on opening day, pretty cool place, but small. They make a big, strong drink tho!

     

    Not a huge PH fan, but most of that opinion was formed when it was the Aladdin, only been once since it was Planet Hollywood. Just read this book about Vegas: Winner Take All it made me dislike Harrah's (now Caesars I guess) properties. I already was not a fan of most of the places (mainly due to 6/5 blackjack) but this confirmed it. I'm going to try to stay at MGM-Mirage properties in the future, though I may go back to the Flamingo cause it's cheap and it was the first place I stayed in Vegas (prior to it being a CET property). Would check out Cosmo or Aria maybe in my next good around. If I was loaded I would stay at the Wynn.

  10. Mirage is nice and has a great pool but is really crowded. People wake up early and stake their claims to chairs. The new Cosmopolitan seems to be getting good reviews. I'm not sure what your scene is, Vegas has something for everyone.

  11. So my girlfriend and I are heading to DC on our way back from Buffalo for Christmas. We're only going to be there from Wednesday (12/29) morning to Thursday (12/30) night. We're trying to figure out the best place to stay and be close to everything, right now I'm looking on Hotwire at 4 star hotel for $89 in the Washington House - Capitol Hill area. It's basically an area with Constitution Ave as it's southern border, 15th street as its western border, K St/Massachusetts Ave as it's northern border and Capitol St as its eastern border. It seems like a good place but still wanted to check before I pulled the trigger. Neither of us has been before, so we're kind of clueless. I'm assuming that whole area is safe since we're close to everything. We're runners so hope to explore a lot that way. Does anybody have any thoughts?

     

    Any restaurant suggestions in the area? We love good food. We have all the basics on our to do list, Smithsonian, monuments, etc. but any off beat suggestions would be appreciated.

     

    Thanks!

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