Posts Tagged ‘Oregon’

August 5, 2010

OUCH! Unabomber Hospitalized after ATV Crash

Picture of bloody Phil Laak

Obviously at Pokerati if it bleeds it ledes! we would never publish anything so exploitive if both the victim @RealPhilLaak and his best friend @MagicAntonio weren’t cool with it on twitter. #inTheory

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December 28, 2009

Poker It Forward

In Washington state, this video would be grounds for a criminal prosecution on par with with child molesting. But down south, in Portland, Oregon, it’s a super-feelgood story with online poker pro Dusty Schmidt (aka “Leatherass”) gambling for the homeless.

His schtick is playing for rent for the underprivileged, and ends up making $20k for the folks in the process:

Posted by at 1:57 pm