I mentioned a while back how the chefs over at Poker Soup had invited me into their kitchen a few episodes back (episode 15). I had a lot of fun chatting with them about poker, podcasts, and the upcoming WSOP
We’re getting close, peoples. Just a week more and satellites get crankin’ at the Rio
From the mailbag: “Congratulations! You have been awarded the sum of $10,000,000 USD from the Royal Nigerian State Lottery. To collect your prize, send your full name, address, telephone number and date of birth to ukoffice10@btinternet.com and you will be mailed a check for the sum
Was leafing through the “Tournament Rules ” for the 2009 World Series of Poker yesterday. When the rules for this year first went online about a month ago, much of the attention was given to the new “Code of Player Conduct” that appears as Rule No.
13 May 2009
Check-Raising the Devil by Mike Matusow, with Amy Calistri and Tim Lavalli
This week Mike Matusow’s autobiography, titled Check-Raising the Devil , finally hits the shelves — both virtual and actual.
In the packet from my editor this month, I found a copy of Annie Duke’s “Beginner’s Guide to Texas Hold’em.” This video is for beginners. It is oriented toward the mechanics of play more than strategy or tactics
With 611 participants in the Ladies’ Event at this year’s WSOP, and with 3% of the 8,773 entrants into the Main Event being women, with another 20% of the spectators looking on being female, I figured it was time to write something about this phenomenon. That was until I met up with Melissa Roller, of Bombshell Poker fame, through one of the magazines for which I write. That’s when I decided after a little research, I should interview her.
The timing for the WSOP this year was impacted by the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) when they arrested David Carruthers, CEO of BETonSPORTS, in Dallas, Texas, while changing planes on his return to Costa Rica from the Company’s AGM in the UK. Other online gaming company executives like Calvin Ayre, CEO of BoDog.com, were compelled to change their plans of attending the WSOP, and supporting events, as a precautionary measure to avoid being possibly arrested themselves; eventhough unrelated to the BoS situation.
LOS ANGELES — Back in 1996, Entertainment Weekly magazine proclaimed that Price is Right model Cindy Margolis was getting her 15 minutes of fame after she set a record for downloads of her picture on the internet. Now, with the 10 year anniversary of that article coming up Margolis is still being downloaded and turning heads wherever she goes. From her corporate offices in Los Angeles Margolis takes it all in with a grain of salt
Efforts to win U.S.
