‘A’ is for Aces

Poker Cop
Giuseppe “Gyp” Maggiolo opens the hotel room door and yells, “Jack!” Howahya? Hey, fellas, meet Jack Thayer.” The “fellas,” four middle-aged men, are seated around a card table. They look me up and down, unim-pressed. Good. A young blond wearing not much hands me a Stoli straight-up. Gyp says, “Then let’s get da game […]

A Poker History Lesson

Susie Isaacs
How much do you know about our favorite game? I’m going to tell you all you never knew that you wanted to know about the sport that is sweeping the nation, indeed the world.

Jonathan H. Green made one of the earliest written referencesto “poker” in 1834. Although poker has always been considered a […]