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Posted by on Jun 27, 2013 in Blog, General Poker, Las Vegas, Politics, Sports Betting | 12 comments

Poker Players Unite! Let’s All Boycott the Venetian for One Week

 

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Poker players have been notoriously apathetic give our sheer numbers and the size of the industry, which employs tens of thousands.  Yet, many have done nothing to help the cause.  We bitch and complain, but when it comes to action, we’ve done next to nothing.  Inaction has allowed anti-poker activists to make the rules.  We abdicated the fight with indifference and a lack of willpower.

Until now.

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Posted by on Jun 25, 2013 in Blog, General Poker, World Series of Poker | 14 comments

Announcing: For $1,000 I’ll Listen to Your Bad Beat Story

 

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Let me be perfectly blunt.

If you tell bad beat stories, you’re a loser.

End of discussion.

Yes, I’m talking to you.  No exceptions.

When you tell me about how your powerhouse poker hand was cracked, you transform yourself instantly from someone I probably like into a total bore.  You’re a loser.  Now get away from me.

Seriously.

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Posted by on Jun 21, 2013 in Blog, General Poker, Las Vegas, Politics, World Series of Poker | 9 comments

The World Series of Poker According to Sheldon Adelson

 

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I wonder what Sheldon Adelson would do if — in some alternative universe — he was assigned to cover the World Series of Poker.

Imagine the billionaire casino mogul and crackpot conservative standing out on the tournament floor covering the poker action.  How would he report on what’s going on?  What would be written?

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