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Facing the Firing Squad: Joe Giron

Posted by on May 27, 2016 in Blog, Facing the Firing Squad, General Poker, Music and Concert Reviews | 1 comment

 

Joe Giron

 

MEET JOE GIRON

Joe Giron might be the hardest-working man in poker that few people ever see.  That’s because he’s always “behind the camera” — literally.

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Daniel Negreanu’s Romania Now vs. My Romania Then

Posted by on May 23, 2016 in Blog, General Poker, Personal, Politics, Travel | 0 comments

 

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Daniel Negreanu played in a major poker tournament last week, which was on the Eureka Poker Tour.

Such an occurrence normally wouldn’t be anything out of the ordinary.  This is especially true for Daniel — who travels all over the world playing poker and speaking out as the game’s premier ambassador.  The news from Europe probably wouldn’t have caught my attention at all, except for one rather significant fact.

The poker tournament was held in Bucharest, Romania — a fascinating city where Daniel and I share some common bonds and a very different set of roots.  I don’t think it’s too much of a stretch to say that, in contrasting ways, Romania was and shall always be an impressionable part of our lives.  To some degree, that faraway place in Eastern Europe made us into what we are today.

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7 Days in May — Baseball Betting (Part 2)

Posted by on May 15, 2016 in Blog, Personal, Sports Betting | 2 comments

 

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Sports betting is one of two things.  It’s either fool’s gold or the holy grail.  In reality, it’s likely both, depending on how you’re running at the moment.

Here’s the latest in my short segment on betting Major League Baseball games. 

PART 1 HERE

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The Wines of Guantanamo Bay

Posted by on May 8, 2016 in Blog, Personal, Rants and Raves | 11 comments

 

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I’ve got a problem.

My private stock of wine includes several bottles that shouldn’t be in the house.

They’re undrinkable, and frankly, an embarrassment.  I have no idea how they entered the front door of my home.  Now, I don’t know what to do with them.

Life can be so full of challenges.

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Ghosts of Gambling Past

Posted by on May 3, 2016 in Blog, Personal, Sports Betting | 6 comments

 

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Yes, that’s me.  Age 5.  1967.

I can’t say where and when exactly my infatuation with games of skill and chance first began, but it probably happened inside the crib.  That wasn’t a baby rattler I was shaking.  It was a pair of dice.

This baby needs a new pair of shoes.  Seven out.  Line away.

Here’s a gambling story.

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