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Posted by on Jul 17, 2014 in Blog, Personal, World Series of Poker | 1 comment

Michael Baden and Linda Kenney Baden: The Ultimate Power Couple in Criminal Jurisprudence

 

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Every World Series of Poker is special.  Attend enough of them, and each year becomes a well-defined moment and a new entry onto one’s personal timeline.  What creates such indelible impressions?  Not the poker hands.  Not the prize money.  Not even the coveted gold bracelets – and I have witnessed more than half of the final hands that have taken place in the tournament’s 45-year history.  Rather, it’s the people.  It’s all the interesting personalities and their unique stories that I remember, and even revere, the most.  This year, I had the great pleasure of meeting two remarkable people who I believe you will find just as fascinating as I did.

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Posted by on Jun 30, 2014 in Blog, Personal, World Series of Poker | 0 comments

The Blue Bunny Machine is Back!

 

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Who’s the evil trickster responsible for bait and switching the Blue Bunny ice cream machine?  That’s the refrigerator full of frozen tasty treats inside the employee breakroom here at the 2014 World Series of Poker.

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Posted by on Jun 17, 2014 in Blog, Personal, Wine Reviews, World Series of Poker | 3 comments

Drinking Brown Wine from a $5,000 Bottle

 

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Anonymous Eccentric is such a wine tease.

Yesterday afternoon, she called me and announced a rather ostentatious master plan to crack open a classic bottle of vintage 1982 Chateau Margaux, one of the world’s premium Grand Cru’s.  One bottle retails for something in the neighborhood of $5,000,  According to my bad math that comes down to $150 a guzzle.

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