Semi-related to all the activity going on today … there\’s a great story in Salon about poker: A city awash in cards Inside New York\’s underground poker scene, where no one thinks about the recession, or their rent money, when […]
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Just got back from Bellagio — not my usual stomping grounds — and noticed that starting tomorrow, March 10, they\’re offering something different there on Tuesdays … a lower cost, above-average-stack 2 pm tourney. For a long time, this was
Bellagio Lowers Tuesday Tourney Buy-in Sign of the Vegas times
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Interesting article about how the Golden Nugget is pushing forward with expansion — new tower and all — despite economic woes. I had forgotten GN was a Texas-run joint … no wonder it\’s one of my favorite places in town.
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If you haven\’t voted (a few times) already, be sure to check out our current sidebar poll … Currently we\’re wondering how your poker play has changed in Q1 2009 from, say, Q1 or Q2 2008, back when 11-figure numbers
The Atlantic has a post about a section of a chapter of a book that may have figured out why America and the world has gotten in a total economic mess ever since George W. Bush Osama bin Laden Chris
Straight from the mainstream press, the gambling industry has fallen on hard times, following the trend of…well…just about every other industry there is. According to Bloomberg, Atlantic City has seen a significant drop in revenue for the second year in
Not entirely. But the WSOP Europe can’t seem to grow its numbers. Amazingly, two of this year’s London events had the exact same number of entrants as in 2007. 2007 HORSE – 105 players 2007 PLO – 165 players 2007
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Cards are in the air, and though you technically can still buy in, the $50k HORSE event starts with 115 players. But we knew that was gonna be the case, right? Not a comment on the popularity of HORSE as
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