Posted by Nolan Dalla on Oct 24, 2018 in Blog, General Poker, Las Vegas, Video 1, World Series of Poker |
Chris Moneymaker’s stunning storybook victory in the 2003 World Series of Poker is rightly remembered as the seminal event when poker went from smoke-filled backrooms to boardrooms and living rooms. It the moment when poker grew up. It’s the dividing line between the good old days and the modern era. It ignited what became known as “the poker boom.” A new podcast by ESPN captures some of those memories.
I was interviewed as part of this story.
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Posted by Nolan Dalla on Oct 22, 2018 in Blog, Movie Reviews, Politics |
Fahrenheit 11/9 delivers everything we expect from a film documentary written, produced, and directed by Michael Moore — with a few thorny surprises.
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Posted by Nolan Dalla on Oct 20, 2018 in Blog |
Personal Note: I was out of town all of last week visiting family in Dallas and therefore couldn’t dedicate enough time to handicapping the games to make my usual weekly post. No one died. I ate well. The season-to-date record has been updated with results from the previous week and now we’re on to NFL Week #7 with a vengence.
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Posted by Nolan Dalla on Oct 20, 2018 in Blog, Politics |
Early voting begins today in Nevada.
Over the next 14 days, Nevadans can vote at more than 100 temporary polling places set up all over the Silver State.
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Posted by Nolan Dalla on Oct 19, 2018 in Blog, Politics |
On the issue of a Las Vegas taxpayer-funded stadium, I’ve been on record as strongly opposed to a blatant waste of taxpayer dollars and welfare for the super-rich. But now, I see both sides of the debate.
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Posted by Nolan Dalla on Oct 6, 2018 in Blog |
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Posted by Nolan Dalla on Oct 6, 2018 in Blog |
Something strange happened to me today.
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Posted by Nolan Dalla on Oct 1, 2018 in Blog, Las Vegas, Personal |
Today marks the one-year anniversary of the horrific shooting in Las Vegas in which 58 innocent lives were lost and 841 were wounded. Here are my thoughts about how we’ve coped with the tragedy.
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Posted by Nolan Dalla on Sep 30, 2018 in Blog |
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Posted by Nolan Dalla on Sep 26, 2018 in Blog, Book Reviews, Personal |
Writing is truthtelling, but the creative and business side of writing is mostly telling lies.
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