Read MoreThe door closed behind him.
No one could have possibly known that the closing door behind Ion would silence his voice forever. It would erase all the plans that lay ahead. It would come to wall off a lifetime of memories. It would become a barrier and a breaking point.
This would be the last time we would see Ion’s face so full of life, so full of joy, so full of hope for the future.
Archie Karas poses at a craps table at Binion’s Horseshoe, circa 1995, during the greatest run in gambling history. (Photo courtesy of Sexton’s Corner)
Read MoreIf the legendary man who nearly “broke the bank at Monte Carlo” has a modern-day reincarnate, he is most certainly Archie Karas.
Read MoreGravity is an extraordinary movie and arguably the year’s best film.
A visual and technical marvel and sensory tour de force, this new film written and directed by Mexican-born Alfonso Cuaron (Y Tu Mama Tambien, Children of Men) is a quantum leap forward from all previous space movies, undoubtedly raising the creative bar to unprecedented new heights — a few hundred miles above planet earth to be more precise. Future movies within this genre are likely to be compared against Gravity as a new benchmark, most unfortunately destined to crash land far short of their target.
Read MoreAmong the constituencies with the most at stake in this nation’s ongoing health care debate are professional poker players.
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Read MoreNotice to the world:
Do not, I repeat DO NOT, ask me to watch NFL football in a public place.
Ever.
Executive Producer Graham King at the 2007 Academy Awards, accepting the Best Picture Oscar
Read MoreAnyone who’s aware of the Stu Ungar story knows there’s a great movie to be made about his life. Yes, I’m biased since I co-wrote Ungar’s biography with Peter Alson titled One of a Kind: The Rise and Fall of Stuey ‘the Kid’ Ungar.
Read MoreMike Sexton announced his brother Tom Sexton passed away. He died of pancreatic cancer. Tom will be remembered as one of the most joyous people some of us have ever known. He will surely be missed. The following article appeared when Tom’s illness was first announced a month ago.
Read MoreAs September nears a close, I’d be remiss was I not to acknowledge what would have been the 60th birthday of the late Stu Ungar.
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