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Weak aces tend to be the hand that you see bad players get in the most trouble with at the table. This is because weak aces are usually very far behind most good hands in hold\’em, and weak players seem […]
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We try not to engage in too much schadenfreude here at Pokerati, but the last post about Amarillo Slim\’s efforts to restore his stature in the poker world has me contriving a poll in my head about who are/were the
Poker Pariahs A who’s who of poker bad guys
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For the first time in six years, Amarillo Slim\’s speaking out on charges that he inappropriately buggered his granddaughter. In Part 1 of 2 of Nolan Dalla\’s interview, Slim addresses specific allegations and tells us that charges have been dropped,
Amarillo Slim: I Am Not a PedophileFair enough … but will he be patch-worthy?
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Once upon a time, poker books were everywhere and everything. Then we found that saturation point, right around the time the poker boom was coming to an end … and it became harder and harder to really care about the
The Return of Books in Poker? Two new offerings that people may actually want to read
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Doh … I missed it this week. Anyone wanna fill me in? Annie\’s still alive, surely, right? Any pokery guest appearances?
Celebrity Apprentice Update? Read More »
The Silverton Poker Room will be holding the $25,000 Silverton Invitational on Saturday, June 27, 2009. Invitations will be earned by playing live poker or by participating in daily tournaments starting on April 6 — a total of 50 invitations
Qualifying for $25,000 Silverton Freeroll Gets Underway Read More »
Jon in Las Vegas sends along an iPhone pic from the Venetian poker room — voted Best in Vegas by you, the Pokerati readers, in 2008 — where big deep stacks action is getting underway. Will they be able to
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Las Vegas, NV: The next Venetian Deep Stack Extravaganza for 2009 will run Wednesday, April 1st thru Saturday, April 25th. The Venetian’s 2009 DSE II schedule of events: Wednesday, April 1 – Super Satellites $275 buy-in, No-Limit Hold’em, 4,000 starting
Venetian Deep Stack Extravaganza: April 1-25 Read More »
I blame it all on a text that put me on tilt for about four critical frames … regardless, to close out his most recent visit to Vegas, Pauly and I went bowling at the South Point casino for an
Tao of Pokerati: Bowling Epilogue Read More »
I got forwarded a response to a constituent from Rep. Jose Menendez (D-San Antonio) regarding what comes next for poker legislation in Texas, and I thought I\’d share it with the rest of you, as we all continue to learn
Texas Poker Bill UpdateWith easy-email help from a Pokeratizen
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