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Paul Phillips (born August 9, 1972 in San Francisco, California) is an American professional poker player. Image File history File links Paulphillips. ...
The World Poker Tour (WPT) is a series of poker tournaments featuring most of the worlds professional players. ...
For other uses around the city, see Las Vegas metropolitan area and Las Vegas Strip. ...
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The WSOP logo The World Series of Poker is the most prestigious set of poker tournaments in the world. ...
The large and growing jargon of poker includes many terms. ...
The World Poker Tour (WPT) is a series of poker tournaments featuring most of the worlds professional players. ...
August 9 is the 221st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (222nd in leap years), with 144 days remaining. ...
1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ...
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Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area Ranked 3rd - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²) - Width 250 miles (400 km) - Length 770 miles (1,240 km) - % water 4. ...
A game of Texas holdem, the most popular form of poker, in progress. ...
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Phillips wrote the Boa web server while attending the University of California, San Diego, but no longer maintains it. In 1994, one of his colleagues at college discovered he had an interest in blackjack and subsequently introduced him to poker. Boa is an open-source, small-footprint web server that is suitable for embedded applications. ...
The University of California, San Diego (popularly known as UCSD) is a public, coeducational university located in La Jolla, California. ...
1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ...
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Blackjack, The face cards (Jack, Queen, and King) and the ten count as 10 points, and the Ace counts as 1 or 11. ...
In 1996 he became Chief Technical Officer for Go2Net. The money he earned from his compensation is what he uses to play poker, as well as earning him the nickname Dot-com. 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...
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Poker Phillips is known as a controversial figure in the poker world. He was banned from competing in the World Series of Poker (WSOP) in the early 2000s due to comments he made about the way in which the Horseshoe split entry money between players and casino employees. Despite being reinstated as a competitor in late 2001, he only played one event in 2002 (placing 2nd to John Juanda in the $1,500 triple draw lowball Ace to Five event). The WSOP logo The World Series of Poker is the most prestigious set of poker tournaments in the world. ...
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Employment is a contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. ...
2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Johnson (John) Juanda (born July 8, 1971 in Indonesia) is an American professional poker player based in Marina Del Ray, California. ...
One is said to be drawing in a poker game if one has a hand that is incomplete and needs further cards to become valuable. ...
Some forms of poker, often called lowball, sometimes called low poker, reward poor poker hands (in the traditional sense). ...
Phillips played no WSOP events in 2003, but took first and second place in two World Poker Tour (WPT) events. In the event that he finished 2nd, he made a deal with his opponent (Mel "Silver Fox" Judah) which was subsequently covered by Sports Illustrated in an unfavorable light. Because of this, the WPT banned players from making deals in its tournaments. Despite choosing not to play in the WSOP, Phillips finished 2nd in the 2003 Tournament Poker Money List. The 2003 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was held at Binions Horseshoe. ...
The World Poker Tour (WPT) is a series of poker tournaments featuring most of the worlds professional players. ...
Professional Australian poker player, also known as The Silver Fox, with several noticable finished in the World Series of Poker and the World Poker Tour. ...
The first issue of Sports Illustrated, August 16, 1954, showing Milwaukee Braves star Eddie Mathews at bat in Milwaukee County Stadium. ...
In 2004 he made three WSOP final tables (one in Omaha hi-lo split and two in no limit hold'em.) 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Omaha holdem (or Omaha holdem or simply Omaha) is a community card poker game based on Texas hold em. ...
// Wikibooks Poker has more about this subject: Betting This article describes the common terms, rules, and procedures in the game, but does not cover the strategic impact of betting. ...
Texas hold em (or simply hold em or holdem) is the most popular of the community card poker games. ...
He spoke out against the inclusion of Phil Hellmuth Jr, Doyle "Texas Dolly" Brunson and Johnny "Oriental Express" Chan in the 2005 World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions, and subsequently became the subject of message board flame wars. Phillip J. Hellmuth, Jr. ...
Doyle Texas Dolly Brunson (born August 10, 1933 in Longview, Texas) is an American poker player who has played professionally for over 40 years. ...
Johnny Orient(al) Express Chan (born in Guangzhou (Canton), China in 1957) is a professional poker player. ...
2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions is an invitational freeroll poker event. ...
Flaming is the act of posting messages that are deliberately hostile and insulting, usually in the social context of a discussion board (usually on the Internet). ...
Phillips has played in both of the first two National Heads-Up Poker Championships, losing in second round play both years. The National Heads-Up Poker Championship is an annual poker tournament held in the United States. ...
As of 2005, his total live tournament winnings exceed $2,200,000. 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Personal life In 2005, he and his wife had their first child, a daughter named Ivy. In order to spend time with his new daughter, Phillips did not play as many poker tournaments in 2005. Phillips and his family recently relocated from Las Vegas to Colorado. This article is about the city of Las Vegas in Nevada. ...
Official language(s) English Capital Denver Largest city Denver Area Ranked 8th - Total 104,185 sq mi (269,837 km²) - Width 280 miles (451 km) - Length 380 miles (612 km) - % water 0. ...
Phillips is also active amongst internet bulletin boards, plays tournament Scrabble and enjoys listening to They Might Be Giants. A bulletin board system or BBS is a computer system running software that allows users to dial into the system over a phone line and, using a terminal program, perform functions such as downloading software and data, uploading data, reading news, and exchanging messages with other users. ...
Scrabble is a popular word game and board game in which 2-4 players score points by forming words from individual lettered tiles on a 15×15 game board. ...
They Might Be Giants (commonly abbreviated to TMBG) is an American alternative rock duo consisting of John Linnell and John Flansburgh that formed in 1982. ...
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