Posted by Nolan Dalla on May 18, 2014 in Blog, Personal, Restaurant Reviews |

Why do I choose to drink mineral water all the time?
But — rather than ask why I drink mineral water mostly, the rightful question is — why do so many people willingly consume the legal poison known as soft drinks?
To me, that’s outrageous.
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Posted by Nolan Dalla on May 17, 2014 in Blog, Las Vegas, Music and Concert Reviews |

I don’t get nightclubs. I don’t understand them at all. The ass baggers who will pay $750 for something called “bottle service,” which basically consists of a fifty-five dollar bottle of Grey Goose stuffed into an ice bucket with four glasses, wheeled out by a 90-pound waitress who’s now expecting a 25 percent tip. Bottle service — VIP rooms — velvet ropes….it all adds up to a pricey parade of pricks.
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Posted by Nolan Dalla on May 16, 2014 in Blog, General Poker, Personal, World Series of Poker |

1990 world champion Mansour Matloubi, watched closely by the poker press corps
If winning a major poker tournament represents the game’s greatest glory, reporting on such events can sometimes be its worst drudgery.
In this column, I look back at poker writing and tournament reporting over the years and gives thanks to those who blazed the trail to the present day.
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Posted by Nolan Dalla on May 15, 2014 in Blog, General Poker, World Series of Poker |

What follows is the history of poker in photographs.
This is Part 1, which covers the period 10,000 BC up through 1975 AD.
Let’s begin.
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Posted by Nolan Dalla on May 14, 2014 in Blog, Rants and Raves, Travel |

“All people are the same; only their habits differ.”
― Confucius
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