Posted by Nolan Dalla on Apr 4, 2015 in Blog, General Poker, Personal |

Right then and there, Parkinson basically said, fuck it. “This clown doesn’t have a fucking clue what poker is all about,” Parkinson thought to himself. “Anyone who thinks any poker player is getting up for a meeting at 8 am might as well be someone working a regular job asking the loan manager to come into the bank and fill out an application at 4 in the morning. Now, how crazy would that be? I really thought he was joking.”
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Posted by Nolan Dalla on Apr 3, 2015 in Blog, General Poker, Personal |

L to R: Kara Scott, Mike Sexton, Nolan Dalla, Padraig Parkinson
What’s the world’s second-longest-running poker tournament, behind only the World Series of Poker? If you glanced at the title, you probably guessed correctly. The answer is — the Irish Poker Open. Here’s the story and a history lesson.
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Posted by Nolan Dalla on Apr 3, 2015 in Blog, Personal, Rants and Raves |

Who knew on so-called “Good Friday,” that it’s illegal to serve an alcoholic beverage — in Ireland?
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Posted by Nolan Dalla on Apr 2, 2015 in Blog, General Poker, Travel |

Writing about a city where I’ve never traveled to and know almost nothing about seems inherently foolish and naively arrogant — two qualities that I’ve undoubtedly mastered far beyond reparation. And now, here I am in Dublin.
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Posted by Nolan Dalla on Mar 29, 2015 in Blog, Las Vegas, Politics |

The sickening stench of a polluted political waterfall is pouring into the abyss. Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) announced last Friday that he won’t seek re-election, come 2016. He’s suffered several setbacks recently, both political and personal.
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