Kaplan vs. Benza
Did anyone else catch High Stakes Poker 3 on Monday? It\’s a great episode this week … with Mike Matusow, Daniel Negreanu, Phil Ivey, Antonio Esfandiari, Phil Laak, et al. We see David Williams needled for his bling, and he […]
Gonzales Woes: Good or Bad for Poker People?
Interesting story in today\’s New York Times about Alberto Gonzales, the beleaguered U.S. Attorney General … \”whose tenure at the Justice Department may still be in peril as lawmakers in both parties have called for his resignation, questioned his credibility
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Harrah’s Speaks about Jamie Gold
Wow, I don\’t even know where to begin on this WSOP press release. So does this mean it\’s true that in the World Series you can lie about your hand, but not tell the truth? Reigning World Series Of Poker
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Instapoker
It\’s been way too long since I\’ve done an Instapoker. Please bear with me as I delete emails and close down a random assortment of open tabs in my browser: An interesting site about high-stakes online play. IGGY is back
In the Money or Not
They\’re down to six at the WPT World Poker Challenge in Reno. Good players, too … including David Pham, JC Tran, Mark Seif, and Danny Wong (not the Wong I have on my fantasy team, but a really good Wong
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Other People’s Money
Bundas in Dallas writes in wondering about how sponsorship and backing works for big events … and also has me wondering if Pokerati should open up a forum. (Any volunteers to moderate?) Perhaps looking for someone to rip him a
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Re: HB 3186 Update
***It will remove the limit on the number of tables an establishment may have and significantly lower the asset requirement on bars to apply for a permit to a monthly gross receipt of $7,500.*** Mike, just playing devil\’s advocate here
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HB 3186 Update
There will be a committee substitute next week. It will remove the limit on the number of tables an establishment may have and significantly lower the asset requirement on bars to apply for a permit to a monthly gross receipt
The Poker Food Chain, Part 1
Do you play in a casino, home game or online? Do you want to move up the poker ladder? This is what I think is important about moving up in each case: Home games are the easiest to beat. If
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Re: Pokerati at the Tables (2)
Texas hold\’em, water chickens, and TBR
They probably don\’t want me writing about it … but I gotta say thanks to the good folks of [town deleted], Texas, who hosted what is probably pretty close to the bitchin\’est tourney in the Lone Star State. It was
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