A poker-gamer in central Texas (not Lavigne or Austin Pete) informs us about another shakedown in A-town, Sunday night (!) … Cops reportedly shut down (temporarily?) a rather large, long-standing game that is somehow connected to a host who may […]
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Just watching a little High Stakes Poker: the third season … and tonight\’s episode started with a lot of \”kids\” at the table. One of them I recognized, but not really … Brian Townsend looks familiar to me, but not
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Austin Pete is heading to Biloxi, MS, and is looking for the lowdown on poker action in the home of \”Gorgeous\” Jimmy Garvin: Either of you played at the Grand or at Beau Rivage? Anyone better than the other? Not
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I just learned last night from a powerful lawyer playing next to me in an underground poker game that we\’re not supposed to use the phrase \”8-Liner\” … because 8-Liners are bad. The preferred terminology is \”VLT\” — as in
We\’re used to doing all we can to keep the snakeoil Viagra/Cialis/Levitra salesmen and crap-ass affiliate hawkers off our comments here at Pokerati … but check it out, looks like a new one has slipped through the cracks … I\’d
IN AND OUT BURGER of VEGAS When I go to Vegas I usually can rely on three guarantees: 1. A nice chat with David Levi and Freddie Deeb 2. A great poker game 3. Wonderful Food at The Bellagio Looks
Curious article in the DMN about an apparent slowdown in efforts to legalize gambling in Texas. The lobbying dollars are drying up, the Indians need gas for their school bus, and I dunno, seems like there might be some slow-play
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Turns out the Houston poker \”bust\” was hardly a raid in the Dallas SWAT sense of the word, but presumably reliable sources tell Pokerati that six uniformed police officers were poking around in the Houston underground last night … stopping
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Karridy is a big fan of tag-team play.
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A Houston poker game was raided by the 5-0 last night … our H-town correspondent was off in Vegas yesterday (competing in an Ultimate Poker Challenge Ladies event), but she is now rushing back to the home office to get
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