Ashley Adams
I digress from my typical column on stud strategy to address a question that has been posed to me and that I have posed to myself with increasing frequency during the past few months - as poker has moved from an adult activity to an activity engaging people of all ages. The question is […]
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Jon Miller: NBC Senior VP
High stakes poker’s continued big time appeal may persuade NBC to take a shot at the rights to televise poker’s biggest event, the World Series of Poker.
ESPN’s current agreement has it televising the Series through the completion of thisyear’s event, but the shape of things to come appears up for grabs. […]
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James McKenna, PhD.
Comradery is a big part of playing poker for some. For others it’s an annoyance. However, for those who enjoy comradery, shooting from the lip is part of the game. That means that most of what is said is spoken in poker-eese and needs to be translated. For example, when a young lady […]
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Cherokee Casino & Resort
Located off I-44 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the Cherokee Casino& Resort is truly a stay and play environment. The 24-hour Casino offers 80,000 square feet of gaming. The Resort features 150 rooms with a wide selection of suites and accommodation packages for romantic getaways, birthdays or golf outings. Both the Casino and Resort […]
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H. Scot Krause
While it’s not the bargain features we normally portray in my columns, the expansion of the Bellagio poker room in Las Vegas deserves a “pick” for its impressive new design and style. The recently expanded poker room features 40 tables of hot poker action and some of the highest stake game offerings tobe […]
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Phil Shaw
A wealth of poker festivals and televised events around the London area in April and May confirmed the UK’s capital and its surrounding areas as at the forefront of the European poker explosion ? besides concurrent festivals at the Rendezvous Casino, Brighton, the Gutshot Cardroom and the Vic in central London, and the Grosvenor […]
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A word from Mike Caro, ‘the Mad Genius of Poker’
Poker is a house a mirrors. Skillful opponents can broadcast images of themselves contrary to how they actually play. It’s an illusion. Hands that look to be busted flushes turn into miracle straights on the river. An illusion.
Barely average tournament players get lucky, win twice in […]
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Poker Cop
I’ve been caught speeding. I’ve tried, and failed, to bluff information about the House of Cards out of the disfigured card room owner, Honey. She yells to Big Elmo, “Stop them!” He draws his gun. Jenny throws Big Elmo’s cat out the window.
He yells, “Noooooooo!” and rushes past us to thewindow.
Jenny says, “Run!”
I run […]
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The Marx Brothers
The Marx Brothers Great American Entertainers & Gamblers “Outside of a book, a dog is man’s best friend. Inside a dog, it’s too dark to read.” –Groucho Marx
The Marx Brothers were the greatest comedy group in the world before World War II. A classic American success story, the brothers were the sons of […]
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Winning my first tournament…
I have to face it. I am a beginner poker player. I just learned to play the game a few months ago when South Florida was hit by four devastating hurricanes in a row. Without lights, A.C. (unimaginable during the summer here), refrigeration, nor passable roads (most blocked by trees and debris), […]
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