Back to Atlantic City Poker
Thursday April 27, 2006
Wooooo hooo. In just a few hours, I'm heading back to Atlantic City to enjoy some perfectly legal poker fun. I'm planning on playing in an Omaha tournament at ... Read More
Celebrity Poker Showdown
Tuesday April 25, 2006
All this news of celebrities playing poker & poker players, um, on film, has reminded me of one of the most beloved poker TV shows: Celebrity Poker Showdown. While the ... Read More
Say It Ain't So, David Williams
Monday April 24, 2006
Wild rumors are flying around the poker world that Poker pro David Williams (pictured left), once starred in a... x-rated production. That's right, porn. According to rumors swirling around the ... Read More
Paris Hilton Don't Know When to Fold'em
Monday April 24, 2006
Oh, Paris. First the reports of Paris Hilton's poker addiction, now the buzz is that she's lost her Bentley -- a $150K car -- in a poker game. But not ... Read More
Paris Hilton Addicted to Poker?
Wednesday April 19, 2006
Oh goodie. According to the NY Post, "Socialite Paris Hilton is addicted to playing poker after recently being taught the game." Her & her sister Nicky have hosted a poker ... Read More
Full Tilt RULZ!
Monday April 17, 2006
This weekend I broke a lengthy hiatus from playing online poker and got back online. I fired up Full Tilt and found that Allen Cunningham, winner of several World ... Read More
National Heads Up Championship on NBC
Sunday April 16, 2006
Today, the 2nd annual heads-up championship on NBC begins at 12 pm EST, for those of you who don't have Easter plans. 64 of the best -- or most entertaining ... Read More
Poker Legend Puggy Pearson Dies
Friday April 14, 2006
Sad news for the poker world: On April 12th, poker hall-of-famer Puggy Pearson, passed away at 77. Puggy won a World Series of Poker Main Event bracelet in 1973, defeating ... Read More
Evelyn Ng Joins Team Bodog
Friday April 14, 2006
The great-looking and great-playing poker pro, Evelyn Ng announced recently that she's joining fellow pros David Williams & Josh Arieh to represent team Bodog. Calvin Ayre, Founder and CEO ... Read More
A Closer Look at the Trump Taj Mahal
Thursday April 13, 2006
The first time I went to the Trump Taj Mahal was the first time I ever played poker in a casino. I remember being both thrilled & overwhelmed at first ... Read More
The Cards Count
Tuesday April 11, 2006
Another thing I noticed this weekend while playing cards with my family is how bad crappy playing cards can be. We opened up a fresh deck of cards that came ... Read More
Victor Ramdin wins Foxwoods Poker Classic
Monday April 10, 2006
Last night at 10 PM, a new World Poker Tour champ was crowned, Bronx resident Victor Ramdin. His winning hand was Ace-Jack, which held up as it should against second-place ... Read More
Foxwoods Poker Classic Main Event Underway
Friday April 7, 2006
Today will be day 2 in the Foxwoods Poker Classic tournament in Connecticut. 431 began yesterday, making the prize pool $4,175,200 with 1st place getting $1.3 million buckaroos. As of ... Read More
Poker Battle in the Buff
Thursday April 6, 2006
Ah, poker promotions, always so classy. The latest online poker site vying for a piece of the poker pie profits through sensational means is PaddyPowerPoker.com, who have announced plans to ... Read More
Top 8 Atlantic City Poker Rooms
Wednesday April 5, 2006
I spent another Saturday in Atlantic City and went on a mini-poker rampage. Now, I'm ready to present the top 8 poker rooms in Atlantic City. There isn't the ... Read More
"The Matador" Mortenson Doesn't Bully Beatric
Tuesday April 4, 2006
In other former-WSOP champs coming out to play news, 2003 World Series Champ, Carlos "The Matador" Mortenson, the 2001 WSOP main event champ, just came in second place to Beatric ... Read More
Varkonyi wins Extreme Poker Tournament
Tuesday April 4, 2006
Robert Varkonyi, who won the 2002 World Series of Poker main event and then sort of disappeared, has pulled a poker tournament win out of his hat -- while wearing ... Read More
Using Basic Poker Tells
Monday April 3, 2006
This weekend at the poker tables in Atlantic City, I played in a sit-and-go that paid the top 2 players. There were 3 of us left. I looked down and ... Read More