Meet Sharron, the new tourney director at The Lodge. There are lots of amateur poker leagues out there, and with all due respect, we don\’t pay as much attention to them as we used to unless there\’s allegations of grift […]
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(L to R) Veteran Lodge amateurs John Manby, Aaron Autry, and Fubu … still tearing it up on not-so-faded felts harkening back to the old-old days of Pokerati.com. As those of you following @Pokerati on twitter are well-aware, I ended
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One of the rules changed at today\’s (yesterday\’s) TDA Summit (for the TDA, not the WSOP) … as per a tweet from @SavagePoker: New TDA Rule….. All Hold\’em Final Tables that start 9 or 10 handed will go to final
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It\’s always fun running into people unexpectedly … happens regularly here in Vegas and today I noticed Lodge player Jerry Dolan (left) playing in the nightly $120 tourney at the Venetian … and when I went to snap a picture,
Double Amateur Poker Read More »
Lesson #1 in politics: It\’s not about what makes sense or creating any legal consistency. Proof: In Dallas, it\’s legal to ride a motorcycle without a helmet, but illegal to ride a bicycle without one. With that in mind, another
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Some of you may know Walter Whitehead, a Dallas player and semi-regular at the still-going Lodge Amateur Poker tourneys. He\’s one of those super-nice friendly Cowboy-hat-wearing tablemates who always seems to have a good time while working on his game.
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There\’s a big deal pending with Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott right now, and though his opinion is technically not be legally binding, his decision will set a standard that impacts thousands and thousands of players in Texas … and
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Was just going through some old, buried emails, and I came across one dated May 13, 2008, that I sent myself to remind me of all the good, unique-content posts I had building up that needed to get written before
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UPDATE: No-stakes Dallas Amateur-turned-Vegas small-stakes pro David Pflaster is hanging in there. Has built his stack back up to about 6,000. \”I did stop-and-go,\” he said, \”the best play in poker … He raised it up and i couldn\’t go
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Click here to listen to the First Ever Podcast of an Amateur Tournament of Champions Held at a Strip Club.And/or click below for the song list. TOC TOC 0:00 — Intro 0:30 — the Super-Exciting Seat Draw 2:50 — Ooh,
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