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Posted by on Oct 21, 2014 in Blog, General Poker, Personal, Travel | 2 comments

A Very Different FARGO Experience

 

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(L to R) Steven “Ice’ Eisenstein, Steve Goldman, Rich Korbin, Nolan Dalla, Chris O’Connor at Bobby Flay’s in Mohegan Sun Casino — attending FARGO 2014

 

FARGO isn’t what you think.  It has nothing to do with North Dakota, although you might see a few “Big Lebowski” types in the group.  FARGO is an acronym for the “Fall” version of “BARGE,” which is the largest and longest-running poker annual convention that attracts different kinds of people to the host city for the purposes of two things — to play poker and have fun.  What happens at FARGO stays at FARGO.

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Posted by on Oct 18, 2014 in Blog, General Poker, Personal | 6 comments

A Random Act of Kindness at the Poker Table

 

NAPT Mohegan Sun S1_$5KMainEvent_Day1_JoeGiron

 

I don’t know her name.

It’s unlikely that I’ll ever know who she is.  In fact, I probably won’t ever see her again.

But she certainly made an impression on me, and a positive one at that.  Bear with me, the story is worth telling and reading.

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Posted by on Oct 17, 2014 in Blog, Personal, Travel | 6 comments

What’s the Most Memorable Sporting Event You’ve Attended? (Part 2)

 

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Boca Stadium in Buenos Aires, Argentina — home of the legendary Boca Juniors

 

Let’s continue with the best live sporting events we’ve seen.

Yesterday, in Part I (READ HERE), I featured several games I attended from 1969 through 1979.  Today, I’ll look back on sporting events from 1980 to the present which I saw in person.

Feel free to add your favorite sporting event memory, either in the comments section or on Facebook.

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