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Posted by on Aug 15, 2014 in Blog, General Poker, Music and Concert Reviews, Video 1 | 2 comments

“Poker Night in America” Jam Session (Music Video of Liv Boeree with Tony Mangnall)

 

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“Poker Night in America” is currently filming its sixth extended session of high-stakes cash game action — this time at Turning Stone Casino in Upstate New York.

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Posted by on Aug 8, 2014 in Blog, General Poker, Talking Points, Video 1, World Series of Poker | 1 comment

My Interview with Tatjana Pasalic on Online Gambling (Calvin Ayre.com)

 

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Tatjana Pasalic and I have done quite a few interviews together.  I’m a big fan of her work, which is regularly posted at CalvinAyre.com.

Below this most recent interview, at the 2014 WSOP, see Part 1 of “How the West Was Won,” which is a nice overview of WSOP history.

 

READ:  More background on the history of the WSOP

TAG: “Indeed, the casino started to look filthy.  Everything inside smelled like smoke.  Televisions inside the hotel rooms were broken and stayed that way for months.  Some of the TVs still used old-fashioned rabbit ears.  Hotel rooms went for as cheap as $19 a night, and they still couldn’t book them.  Binion’s Horseshoe was an excruciating reminder that “old” Las Vegas was disappearing fast, soon to be extinct.  It was a dying dinosaur on its last legs.  Fewer tourists came downtown anymore and those who stayed there didn’t tend to gamble much.  The real casino action and entertainment were down on The Strip, which might as well have been not just in a different state, but on another planet.”

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Posted by on Jul 19, 2014 in Blog, Book Reviews, General Poker, Video 1 | 0 comments

More on Anthony Holden’s “Big Deal” (Video)

 

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Shortly after writing and posting my list of the best non-fiction poker narratives ever written, I made a lengthy video that expounded upon the reasons why various books were selected.  

Unfortunately, the video was cut short, leaving many viewers to wonder why I selected Anthony Holden’s “Big Deal” in the top position.

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Posted by on Jul 8, 2014 in Blog, Video 1, World Series of Poker | 4 comments

Andy Rooney Never Had to Do This

 

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Thirty-six hours ago, my cell phone rang.  Or chimed.  Or whatever cell phones do.

It was Todd Anderson on the other end, the brains behind “Poker Night in America,” the new show which debuted last week on CBS Sports.

“We want you to film a segment which we’re going to insert at the end of each show,” Todd said.

Great, I thought.  What does he want to film?

“We want to film you,” Todd insisted.  “We want this to be like an Andy Rooney piece at the end of 60 Minutes.”

Wait a bleeping minute.  Isn’t Andy Rooney dead?

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