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If you didn’t watch in real time, you need to look for a rerun of last Monday’s episode of High Stakes Poker to see an amazing hand. Patrik Antonius raised to $4,000 with As-Jd and Jamie Gold (pictured right) reraised to $14,000 with pocket kings. Antonius called. Everyone else folded.The flop was 3s-Qd-Th. Antonius checked his gut-shot straight draw and Gold bet $15,000 with his kings. Antonius called. The turn was a card both players had hoped for, the Kh. It gave Gold top set, while Antonius had an ace-high straight, the best possible hand.Antonius bet $45,000. Gold, never putting Antonius on a gut-shot straight draw, moved all-in for $341,500. Antonius called without hesitation and viewers were treated to the biggest pot in the show's history: $743,800 was on the table.Gold and Antonius decided to run the river card three times, so there was nearly a quarter-million riding on each card. Gold was a big underdog, but on the first run-through he caught the Qh, which paired the board and Jamie’s full-house was the best hand. Gold shouted “Yes!� sounding like Marv Albert does as he escaped at least once.The second time they ran the river card, Gold caught the 3d for another full house. Antonius sat stunned and silent, having just lost $500,000 on two cards. By the third run-through, there weren’t many cards left for Gold to catch and Antonius’ hand held up when the 8s fell on the river, allowing him to collect one-third of the pot. Had he lost that final encounter, he would have dropped nearly three-quarters of a million on that hand. As it was, he only lost $250,000. When the hand was over, show host A.J. Benza said drolly, "I tell you one thing: Patrik can take a punch. Imagine if that was Phil Hellmuth.�

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I was one of the featured speakers at the California Poker Players Conference held at Hollywood Park over the weekend. For me it was a great opportunity to pick up poker tips—yes, despite having written eleven books, I’m still trying to raise my game at every opportunity—and meet players I’ve never met before. Day Two of the conference kicked off with a presentation by Jeffrey Pollack, Commissioner of the World Series of Poker, who clued us in on some of the changes we can expect at the 2008 WSOP.• The dreaded tent is gone. I’m not the only one who was happy to hear that. The entire room burst into applause at that announcement.• A concierge—think about team of people, not just one—will be available during the entire series to assist players• There will be no more than 55 events.• The exact list of events should be announced in December or January.• Players will be able to buy into the events at any Harrah’s property—at least that's what they're hoping for—once the event schedule is announced.• Since 2009 will mark 40th anniversary of the WSOP, 2008 will host some events as part of a year of tributes and celebrations.• Close to $1 million in charitable contributions was raised during the 2007 WSOP and they expect to raise even more in 2008.