Shaq vs. Poker
Even more semi-pokery TV … Shaquille O\’Neal is in town, doing some filming at Planet Hollywood for his new Shaq Vs. program, which debuts tomorrow at 9pm ET/PT on ABC. The concept is that Shaq takes on the best in […]
RE: How’s Hard Rock Megastacks Shakin’?
Oops, I might have been a bit premature when I said the Hard Rock\’s August deep-stack tourney was off to a decent start. Despite 100ish players for the first event ($340), and 50ish for the first $550 … event #3
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WTO Hypocrisy?
Interesting op-ed in the New York Times today about the WTO and China, particularly pointing out the need for China to not just stop pirating American music and movies, but also to respect WTO rulings outright: China has also increasingly
Pennsylvania Tourney Organizer Found Guilty of Gambling“Game of Skill” defense doesn’t hold up
Lawrence Burns, 65, was found guilty of gambling yesterday, despite arguments the real-money tournaments he organized were not gambling because poker is a game of skill. After 2 1/2 days of testimony, the Westmoreland jury took less than 2 1/2
12 Months, $3 Billion
Barack Obama is in Montana today — where he\’ll be cavorting with Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT)*, who is chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, and therefore has to come up with ways to fund any major health care reform. A
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AP/UB Scandals to Be Revisited
Todd Witteles is saying over at Neverwin that there\’ll be another report on a \”major network\” regarding corporate greed — and part of the show will be mentioning the UB/AP scandal. Doesn\’t sound like necessarily new info — but regardless,
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RE: Two Months. Two Million. Update
It occurs to me that we might well see some poker on Court TV, too. If not … we should. Payment processors fighting for their freedom, hundreds of millions of dollars, and the rights (and money) of Regular Joe others
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Two Months. Two Million. Update
The folks at G4 have put out some revised bios (below) on the stars of the online-poker-geek reality TV show, which debuts this Sunday (9 pm ET/PT) and runs for 10 weeks. Wow, so that\’s a lot of new poker
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How’s Hard Rock Megastacks Shakin’?
Everyone says the same thing about the Hard Rock Poker Lounge — beautiful room, but not much action … some like the loud music and smoke-and-leathery bar just a turn-and-a-river away, others don\’t … But it does seem like things
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Taking a Brief Pause from Poker …
… for USA vs. Mexico! It\’s 1-1 in the second half. Great game, from Estadia Azteca, where the Americans have never one. Supposedly Pauly put some big money against the Americans when we were bigger favorites. And, of course, @Soccerati
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