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Sify (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
A 52-year-old cash game poker player has been eliminated in eighth place at the World Series of Poker main event with the best starting hand in no-limit Texas Hold 'em.Kevin Schaffel of Coral Springs, Fla., got all his chips in with pocket aces against Eric Buchman, but lost when the community cards gave Buchman four kings.Buchman called Schaffel's all-in wager with pocket kings,...
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Pokerati | Texas hold'em blog (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
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Florida Sun Sentinel (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
Jordan called me just before the cards flew today. He said he couldn't sleep, so he got up at 5 a.m. Las Vegas time. He texted Kevin, who wasn't asleep, either. So they came downstairs and played Texas Hold 'em Bonus poker, a gimmicky kind of game that's at the Hard Rock and other places, where players try to beat the dealer, not each other.
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The Guy in Seat 4 (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
This is an interview from youtube of November niner Kevin Schaffel. I like this guy! Posted in Entertainment Gaming, life, poker news, poker pros, texas holdem, WORLD SERIES OF POKER, wsop Tagged: blog, blogger, blogging, card games, cards, casino, entertainment, entertainment blog, events, HOLDEM, kevin schaffel, las vegas stories, life, news, NO LIMIT HOLDEM, november...
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Prof's Vegas Poker Blog (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
photo by flipchip • lasvegasvegas.com Kevin Schaffel playing the ESPN feature table Kevin Schaffel will be featured on Tuesday's ESPN.com's 30 minute ESPN Inside Deal poker show. The Coral Springs, Florida poker pro will be interviewed by the Inside Deal crew about his preparations for the November final table and how he has made almost a half million since the summer...
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Pokerati | Texas hold'em blog (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
Besides Kevin Schaffel, Mike Sexton discusses his being inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame, the latest poker news, previews of tonight’s WSOP episodes (the first half of day 8 coverage) plus Doyle Brunson and Phil Ivey’s ESPN: The Magazine cover appearance. Related Posts ESPN.com Inside Deal w/ Joe Cada (2) PokerStars sponsoring High Stakes Poker/Dennis Phillips invited...
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Boston Herald (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
Then there was elder statesman Kevin Schaffel. Though technically an amateur, the 52-year-old Schaffel started trying to make a living playing poker last year. During this summer’s WSOP Main Event, everything seemed to finally come together for this Coral Springs, Fla., native.
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O-Poker (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
... out of Ivey's way for Ivey to let go of those Jacks preflop when he was so short. How long is Kevin Schaffel going to be having nightmares of his AA losing to KK? How do you get all in preflop as the biggest stack against the 2nd biggest stack with AQ? How do you get all in preflop with 22 against a very solid player for 40BBs? Every time I started feeling like Darvin Moon was a decent...