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Not sure if this helps or hurts the poker cause … but the Texas Lottery has introduced a new $50 scratch-off game. Could spark an anti-gambling uproar, you gotta think, that might make the \”no-no-no more gambling!\” minority scare a […]
Games People Play? Read More »
Good story in today\’s DMN about the VFW poker bust, the Texas Poker Act, and police frustration with the issue of illegal Texas Hold\’em games in North Texas. No mention of the armed robberies that police don\’t/can\’t handle … and
LAS VEGAS–I\’m boondoggling in Sin City for the big fight tonight (FYI–smart money is on Mayweather going the distance, based on my poll of 3 cab drivers). I had basically all of Friday to kill, so I figured I\’d play
Pokering with Scotty Warbucks Read More »
There was a pretty interesting article in Thursday\’s Wall Street Journal about a recent gathering at Harvard University, which set out to bring together some of the brightest minds in academia to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that poker is
Harvard, Professor out to Prove God Exists Poker = Skill Read More »
We\’ve gotten some decent ink going into the weekend, with some more expected. The biggest threat to our little bill is that the House of Representatives is just on this side of a total meltdown over totally unrelated issues. The
So how badly does the historic great nation of the legendary WinStar tribe want Dallas poker\’s money? \”Lupita\” in Dallas writes in to remind us that tomorrow is the grand opening of the new poker room in the great-big-tent across
Everything is Bigger and Better in … Oklahoma? Read More »
Seems like everyone is prepping in some way or another for the WSOP. And that includes a lot of Dallas dealers. About a dozen or so of our favorite hometown card-flingers will be working the Series this year … so
Go Dallas Dealers! Read More »
Turns out it\’s true … while we were all abuzz about police poker raids last month, there was not only the attempted robbery that we already told you about, but also there was an actual robbery just a few days
Poker Room Robbery in Dallas Read More »
Subway Jon in Garland writes in with some long-awaited info from a major, non-UIGEA-compliant online poker site on how they (and Harrah\’s) plan to handle buy-ins at the forthcoming WSOP: Dan – Thought you might find this interesting…below is a
PokerStars to WSOP Qualifiers: Here’s Your Money and Good Luck Read More »
Wicked Chops Poker reports that the World Poker Tour has decided to ditch Sabina Gadecki after only one season. Maybe they can get something going where they have one hostess an episode. Oh oh…I have a suggestion for the next
Another WPT hostess bites the dust Read More »
