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Sexton’s Corner, Vol. 35: Archie Karas, Part 5 — Transporting Millions

admin — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 20:03:09 +0000

Karas: Ready to RollI said, “Archie, moving this kind of money around by yourself simply boggles my mind. Weren’t you worried about being heisted?” Archie said, “I was moving the money in and out, a very dangerous process. I was doing a masterpiece with it, because I felt like every heist man in the world was hanging around. I had bought a new home in Summerlin, and a friend of mine asked if anybody knew where it was. I said ‘no’, as he didn’t know where it was either. So he said, ‘Get in the car,’ as he then drove me about 12-13 miles straight to my house! He made his point, as he advised me to be extremely careful, as he heard there were a lot of heist men in town. (Read the full post about ‘Sexton’s Corner, Vol. 35: Archie Karas, Part 5 — Transporting Millions’…)

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Potter Robbed of $30,000 After Deep Aussie Millions Run

admin — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 14:01:34 +0000

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Team PokerNews at the Aussie Millions

admin — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 20:01:40 +0000

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Aussie Millions Main Event, Day 2: LaGarde Leads as Bubble Looms

admin — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 21:01:46 +0000

338 survivors from three ‘first’ days of the 2008 Aussie Millions Main Event gathered at Melbourne’s Crown Casino for Day 2 of the year’s biggest tourney to date. 2007 third-place finisher Andy Black started Day 2 with a slight chip lead over Phil Ivey, and ended up facing Ivey at the same starting table. Joining the fray was 2005 World Champion Joe Hachem, who had also finished Day 1 with a big stack. Other notable players returning for Day 2 were Tony G, Mike ‘The Mouth’ Matusow, Kenna James, Raymond Rahme and Terrence Chan. Clonie Gowen’s Day 2 was short and less than sweet. Gowen pushed all in preflop with
and ran into pocket kings. No ace appeared on the board, and she was eliminated early. (Read the full post about ‘Aussie Millions Main Event, Day 2: LaGarde Leads as Bubble Looms’…)

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Turning 18: Josh ‘JJProdigy’ Field, Live from the Aussie Millions

admin — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 12:01:50 +0000

The saga of young California player Josh ‘JJProdigy’ Field saw another chapter written on Wednesday when Field, who just turned 18 and became eligible for many international poker events, played in his first live event at the Aussie Millions.

Field achieved notoriety of sorts after being exposed as a 16-year-old using at least two accounts following a major online win, and issued a written apology published on major poker-discussion forums a few weeks ago. The apology preceded Field’s preparation for what was intended to be his ‘live’ debut, an appearance at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, running concurrently to the Aussie Millions at its Bahamas venue. (Read the full post about ‘Turning 18: Josh ‘JJProdigy’ Field, Live from the Aussie Millions’…)

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Aussie Millions, Event #5, $1,000 NLHE with Rebuys, Day 1: Dunst Leads the Way

admin — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 06:01:28 +0000

. Field tabled , and lost the race when the board came down (Read the full post about ‘Aussie Millions, Event #5, $1,000 NLHE with Rebuys, Day 1: Dunst Leads the Way’…)

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