Posted by Nolan Dalla on May 31, 2015 in Blog, General Poker, World Series of Poker |
Trivia: Identify the following individual.
Who’s ranked in the top ten of most number of cashes in history at the World Series of Poker….and who has won two career WSOP gold bracelets….and who’s earned more than $5.5 million just in poker tournaments alone….and who’s cashed in the Main Event Championship four consecutive years (then, a record)….and who made the world championship final table the same year Stu Ungar won his last title….and yet, who plays poker only part-time, with the bulk of his actual winnings as a full-time professional gambler coming from not from cards, but rather from sports wagering and horseracing?
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Posted by Nolan Dalla on May 29, 2015 in Blog, General Poker, World Series of Poker |
I wrote this satirical article on the experience of playing in a World Series of Poker tournament event with a huge field.
Poker pro Rep Porter outlasted 400 players in Colossus event at the 2015 WSOP, which means he finished in 15,612th place. Nice job, Rep!
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Posted by Nolan Dalla on May 28, 2015 in Blog, World Series of Poker |
Meet “Garcon.”
He’s a hardworking member of the Rio Security Team helping to keep everyone safe at this year’s World Series of Poker, taking place now through July 15th.
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Posted by Nolan Dalla on May 27, 2015 in Blog, General Poker, World Series of Poker |
Yesterday, I appeared on the TwoPlusTwo PokerCast with hosts — Terrence Chan and Mazin “Msauce” Khoury. I’ve known Terrence for many years, both as a friend and a colleague. We once worked together at PokerStars. This was my first occasion to be on the air with Mazin.
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Posted by Nolan Dalla on May 27, 2015 in Blog, General Poker, World Series of Poker |
There are clowns to the left of me,
Jokers to the right.
Here I am,
Stuck in the middle with you.
— Stealers Wheel (1972)
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Posted by Nolan Dalla on May 26, 2015 in Blog, Personal |
A session with a chiropractor may provide temporary relief for back pain, but inasmuch as addressing root causes visiting a chiropractor is really nothing more than rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic.
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Posted by Nolan Dalla on May 25, 2015 in Blog, Las Vegas, Politics |
My recount of the Memorial Day event at The Lakes.
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Posted by Nolan Dalla on May 25, 2015 in Blog, Politics |
This Memorial Day, the best way to honor our war dead is doing whatever it takes to prevent more deaths in the future.
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Posted by Nolan Dalla on May 23, 2015 in Blog, Rants and Raves, Travel |
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Posted by Nolan Dalla on May 22, 2015 in Blog, General Poker |
The widely-discussed, hotly-debated, and much-anticipated heads-up poker match between human brains and artificial intelligence was featured recently on PBS NewsHour, one of the more prestigious mainstream media outlets doing in-depth journalism.
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