An interesting prop bet reportedly went down this weekend … good, clean, generally non-lethal fun between Clonie Gowen and Brandon Cantu. I wasn\’t there nor have I spoken to either of the principals, but reliable sources say it was a […]
Clonie vs. Cantu “Shocking” news
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Today\’s also the 45th anniversary of John F. Kennedy\’s death, we should probably note. JFK was a little before my time, of course, but Stu Ungar (1953-1998) … his tragic end actually played a significant role in piquing my interest
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Coverage of the Global Gaming Expo in Las Vegas, Nevada. Interviews with the President of the American Gaming Association, the Executive Director of the Poker Players Alliance (about the possibility of legal online poker in California), and a major industry
Perspectives Weekly: From the G2E Glimpse at the future of online gambling
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Today also happens to be the anniversary of \”Who Shot JR?\” Twenty-eight years ago today a bajillion people were watching Dallas to find out the answer. Kinda interesting because this gave birth to the concept of a TV cliffhanger —
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Tomorrow (Saturday) will be the ten year anniversary of the death of Stu Ungar. The darkness got the best of him at the young age of 45, and he died of an apparent heart attack after years of drug abuse.
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One of the cool things about poker at Excalibur is that it\’s the one place where you can find 50-cent/1-dollar action in Las Vegas … and being played on electronic tables, there\’s no dealer tipping. Another cool thing … you
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Back in October, Dan blogged about Dutch Boyd purchasing Steve Hall\’s domain (www.pokerfolio.com) that had expired while Hall took a hiatus after the WSOP, relegating him to a new domain with much smaller traffic. I commented that Dutch Boyd on
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. . . according to Harrah’s Sports and Entertainment Director of Communications Seth Palansky. Palansky appeared on Gary Wise’s podcast Wise Hand Poker (the 11/19/08 episode) to talk about various subjects, including doing a little post-mortem of the delayed WSOP
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That\’s the word just in over the transom. And they have a new trademark symbol superscripted around their namesake phrase, too! (They musta learned that one from Wicked Chops.) A little disconcerting that they don\’t make mention of Gabe Kaplan
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It seems that David Benyamine is no longer a \”red\” pro at Full Tilt. According to several sites, Benyamine is still playing on FTP but no longer a paid pro. And in return, they\’re possibly working on a deal with
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