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Vucinic's Roma future uncertain
Mirko Vucinic has been linked with Blackburn and Juventus as his Roma future remains in the balance.
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PICK OF THE WEEK: Partial 'Halo' Coronal Mass Ejection
A broadly widening cloud of particles, observed by SOHO's C3 coronagraph, rushed away from the Sun as a coronal mass ejection...
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Light-Toned Units and Dunes, Meridiani Planum
Located in a small unnamed crater just west of Schiaparelli impact crater, this observation shows a portion of the crater's western slope and floor. Previously imaged by MOC, this area was thought to possibly contain layered deposits on the crater wall. However, at HiRISE resolution, the floor is seen to consist of a diversity of landforms and terrain units. Fractured light-toned units and a variety of dune fields are ubiquitous on the crater floor. Isolated flat-topped mesas are scattered throughout. Rectilinear and other intriguing dune forms near the crater wall suggest a variety of wind regimes have operated in this region. Written by: Ginny Gulick
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Sliver of Enceladus
The Cassini spacecraft captures a crescent of Saturn's moon Enceladus. Lit terrain seen here is in the area between the leading hemisphere and Saturn-facing side of Enceladus (504 kilometers, or 313 miles across). North on Enceladus is up. The image was taken in visible light with the Cassini spacecraft narrow-angle camera on May 10, 2011. The view was obtained at a distance of approximately 259,000 kilometers (161,000 miles) from Enceladus and at a Sun-Enceladus-spacecraft, or phase, angle of 125 degrees. Image scale is 2 kilometers (6,600 feet) per pixel. The Cassini-Huygens mission is a cooperative project of NASA, the European Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, manages the mission for NASA's Science Mission Directorate in Washington. The Cassini orbiter and its two onboard cameras were designed, developed and assembled at JPL. The imaging team is based at the Space Science Institute, Boulder, Colo.
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Mike Sexton Falls Just Short of WSOP Bracelet #2
Hall of Famer Mike Sexton might best be known for his unparalleled wit as the voice of the World Poker Tour. But at the core Sexton is a poker player. He’s proven his knack for playing cards for more than three decades, and this week he was inches away from claiming his second ever World Series of Poker bracelet — in the same event he won his first one 22 years ago.
Sexton weaved his way through a field of 604 players in the $1,500 Seven-Card Stud Hi-Lo event to find himself heads-up against Chris Viox late Thursday evening. Sexton began heads-up play with a slight chip lead, but the man known as “PiMaster” fought back to claim a 3-1 advantage when the hard stop rule forced to two men to return Friday afternoon. It took less than an hour for Viox to eliminate his distinguished opponent Friday. After grinding Sexton down to about 500,000 in chips (and 2.2 million in his stack), Viox found a little luck that had avoided him in two previous WSOP final tables. He and Sexton got all of their chips in on sixth street, Sexton holding the lead with a pair of eights and a low draw. But Viox made two pair on seventh street, and Sexton was unable to improve or make a low hand. He gracefully congratulated Viox for the victory and came to the realization of how close he came yet again. “It’s very difficult,” Sexton said about his runner-up finish. “If I would have won the last pot, I would have had a million in chips … but you can’t overcome the cards sometimes. It wasn’t’ meant to be. I do want to say ‘Congratulations’ to Chris. I thought he played great.” Viox collected $200,459 for the victory, his first ever at the WSOP. The 35-year-old investor and professional poker player had a pair of third-place finishes in previous WSOP events and said it was a huge relief to finally reach the winner’s circle. Making it even sweeter was that it came against a poker legend. “Growing up, he busted his chops playing Stud games,” Viox said about Sexton. “So I knew going in, he was going to be a slight favorite. I ran pretty well. But I don’t think I made any serious mistakes, except one. I think the cards were the biggest difference.” Sexton eclipsed the $1 million mark in career WSOP earnings with his $123,925 score on Friday. He now has more than $3 million in lifetime tournament earnings and is having his best year at the table in quite some time. Sexton earned $148,000 for his sixth-place finish at the WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star event in March, his first WPT final table since he began working with the tour in 2002. For now, Sexton will have to continue to work hard for another shot at bracelet #2. But, as usual, he maintains a positive outlook going forward. “You have to play your best and just accept what happens. I could have gone out when there were three tables left, or whenever. So, you have to step back and look at it and say, ‘I’m proud of the way I played.’ But when you get so close, you want to win. Anyway, I had a great run and I’m going to try again next time.” Here’s a look at the final results from the $1,500 Seven-Card Stud Hi-Lo event: 1. Chris Viox — $200,459 2. Mike Sexton — $123,925 3. Gerard Rechnitzer — $77,907 4. Hakon Lundberg — $55,917 5. Tyson Marks — $40,782 6. Corey Zeidman — $30,228 7. Sean Urban — $22,767 8. Hernan Salazar — $17,417 More... |
2011 World Series of Poker Day 18: Viox, Kovalchuk, and Idema Win Bracelets
Day 18 is complete. Chris Viox, Oleksil Kovalchuk, and Daniel Idema won bracelets on Friday. Also, the Seniors Event set an attendance record.
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WSOP Bracelet Winner Profile: Dan Idema
Dan Idema went from runner-up in 2010 to bracelet winner in 2011. Growing up in Canada Dan Idema was going to be, like so many other Canadian kids, a professional hockey player. Playing at the highest level through his late teens it was around this same time his brother Adam introduced him to poker. The hockey career [...]
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Tatjana Pasalic 2011 WSOP Photo Dump
http://cdn.wickedchopspoker.com/wp-c...6/IMG_6431.jpg That is one happy Bodog patch.
Tatjana Pasalic has been a target of our photographic admiration for a few years now, so it shouldn’t come as any surprise that she has provided us with the first HOF worthy Girls on the Rail pics from the2011 WSOP. We hope to add to this gallery as the WSOP trudges on. And really, we hope Tatjana’s presence inspires other Girls on the Rail to step up their game. View some old TattyTats galleries here and here. http://cdn.wickedchopspoker.com/wp-c...nYourSeat6.jpg http://wickedchopspoker.com/wp-conte...s_img_6229.jpg http://wickedchopspoker.com/wp-conte...s_img_6233.jpg http://wickedchopspoker.com/wp-conte...s_img_6240.jpg http://wickedchopspoker.com/wp-conte...s_img_6248.jpg http://wickedchopspoker.com/wp-conte...s_img_6427.jpg Related Posts
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World Series of Poker -- Daniel Idema Wins $10,000 Limit Hold'em Championship
The 2011 World Series of Poker awarded its third bracelet on Friday when Dan Idema captured the gold in Event No. 27 ($10,000 limit hold’em championship). The tournament attracted a …
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