Year’s End

Bonnie Demos
For last year’s words belong to last year’s language And next year’s words await another voice. And to make an end is to make a beginning. -T.S. Eliot

Year’s end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on. The year 2007 will no doubt leave an indelible markon the evolution of poker […]

New Year’s Resolutions

Lou Krieger
According to John Norcross, a professor of psychology at Scranton University who has conducted three studies on resolutions in recent years, only 40 percent of adults make New Year’s resolutions. He also found that 71 percent of those making resolutions keep them for two weeks, 64 percent keep them for a month, while50 percent […]

Invasion of the Tilt Monkeys

Paul McGuire
I played a lot of organized team sports and learned the concept of winning and losing at a very young age. We were taught to be humble winners and gracious losers. I played on the varsity basketball team in high school and participated in fraternity intramurals in college and maintained those early lessons instilled […]

Annie Duke - Part 2

Annie Duke
Our fearless reporter, Jennifer Matiran, caught up with Annie Duke a while back and the result is this multi-part interview. Part 1 ran last issue, and we’ll wrap things up next time. But for now, here’s a chance to hear Annie Duke expound on teenage poker phenomenon Annette Obrestad and a plethora of other […]

Poker Room Promos: Palms; Casino Arizona; The Gold Coast

Debbie Burkhead
I just returned to Vegas from an 11-day Christmas vacation on the East Coast with family. After a candlelight church service on Christmas Eve I spent the evening playing Santa, arranging and setting up toys for three toddlers under the age of six.

Christmas morning with three little ones can be hectic but seeing the […]

European Decisions Don’t Open Doors to U.S. Poker Players

I. Nelson Rose
The European Court of Justice and the European Commission have issued dramatic statements calling for the end of barriers to internet gambling. Some observers see these as the beginning of the end for America’s Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act and the opening of doors to internet poker.

These developments are certainly much needed good […]

David ‘Chip’ Reese

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David “Chip” Reese was, born in Dayton Ohio in 1951 and died in his sleep December 4, 2007. Widely regarded as one of the best poker players in the world and the youngest player inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame, this profile was done by Phil Hevener a few years ago. Poker […]

Investing in the Nut Flush

Investing in the Nut Flush
Investing in the Nut Flush

It was a lively $3-$6 hold’em game at the Normandie Casino-the oldest casino in the Los Angeles area and one of the original Gardena poker clubs, with old-world charm that’s hard to describe in words. The poker gods had not yet smiled on me and I was […]

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