August 29th, 2005
Ari Mizrachi, Las Vegas Hilton Poker Room Manager
Ari Mizrachi was born in 1979 in Brooklyn, NY. At the age of 13 his family relocated to North Miami, Florida. Ari left high school in the 11th grade to play professional Jai-Alai. That was 1996, his Jai-Alai career continued until 2004. During that time he also received […]
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August 29th, 2005
Ernest Hemingway
Ernest Hemingway lived large. As a writer, experiences were his raw material. Through novels, Hemingway described and defined, created, characterized, and questioned the culture, values and conflicts of 20th Century America. Long before his death in1961, he was considered a giant of modern literature.
Born in unexciting Oak Park, Illinois, in 1898, Ernest grew-up comfortably. […]
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August 29th, 2005
Tom ‘Time’ Leonard
Those of you who have ever seen the movie Marathon Man are undoubtedly familiar with the question “Is it safe?”. The evil Nazi dentist, Dr. Mengela, repeatedly inquired of the character played by Dustin Hoffman if it was safe. The Dustin Hoffman character kept replying “Is what safe?”, as he had no clue […]
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August 29th, 2005
John Carlisle
A friend of mine has been pulling huge profits at a local (not-so-legal) cardroom. He employs some of the same tactics each time he plays, and it almost always works to the tune of hundreds of dollars per session. Through the early course of the game (NL Hold ‘Em cash games), he’ll intentionally call […]
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August 29th, 2005
Poker at the Imperial Palace
[See also: Imperial Palace Card Room Listing]
The Imperial Palace Hotel & Casino is centrally located on the famous Las Vegas Strip. The Asia themedhotel has been catering to guests for many years with time honored attractions and some of the most stunning cocktail girls in all of Vegas. The IP has […]
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August 29th, 2005
45% of players prefer live games.
A survey of U.S. poker players commissioned by The World Poker Exchange, sponsor of the upcoming London Open lifestyle poker tournament in August, reveals preferences regarding playing poker, a game that is reaching new heights in popularity. Seventy-five percent of players engage in a game at least three times a […]
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