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Posted by on May 9, 2014 in Blog, Rants and Raves, Restaurant Reviews | 1 comment

Why Do Restaurants Jerk Around with Good Old-Fashioned Cornbread?

 

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Furious!

 

How difficult is it to make cornbread?

Here’s the basic recipe.  Take cornmeal mix.  Add in a few eggs.  Pour in some milk.  Mix and then fold into a buttered pan.  Bake for about half an hour.  And serve.

Done!

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Posted by on May 7, 2014 in Blog, General Poker | 2 comments

Updating the Dewey Tomko Controversy — What (Apparently) Happened

 

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Here’s the latest on the Dewey Tomko controversy.

Following multiple telephone conversations and e-mail exchanges I had with several key people on Tuesday, May 6, 2014, I have come closer to a viable explanation as to what really took place regarding Mr. Tomko’s (alleged) involvement with the controversial editorial which appeared in The Press of Atlantic City (newspaper and website), which was subsequently re-reported by other media.

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Posted by on May 6, 2014 in Blog, General Poker | 5 comments

The Story Behind ESPN’s Documentary of “One of a Kind” (Stu Ungar’s Biography)

 

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“One of a Kind: The Rise and Fall of Stuey ‘the Kid’ Ungar” was released nine years ago this week, in May of 2005.

As a first-time author, finishing that book provided relief more than any sense of personal accomplishment.  To this day, I’d like to go back and re-do the entire process all over again.  I’d be especially eager to repeat my one-on-one interviews with Stuey, if that were possible.  I just think they could have been done better.

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