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Posted by Nolan Dalla on Jul 29, 2013 in Blog, General Poker, Las Vegas | 9 comments

Was the Ventetian Poker Boycott a Success?

I’d be remiss were I not to address a few questions and try to provide closure to the manifestation of frustration known at the Great Venetian Poker Boycott of 2013.

Posted by Nolan Dalla on Jul 15, 2013 in Blog, General Poker, Las Vegas | 6 comments

An Open Letter to Sheldon Adelson (Terms for Calling Off the Venetian Poker Room Boycott)

Mr. Adelson, your statement is preposterous. To suggest poker is not a game of skill is — in your words — baloney. Your comments are not only incontrovertibly false, they are insulting to millions of poker players who enjoy the game, devote themselves to the spirit of competition, and work hard to improve themselves.

Posted by Nolan Dalla on May 25, 2013 in Blog, Las Vegas, Personal | 1 comment

My Appearance on a Dutch Reality Television Show

Here’s a story from the Binion’s Horseshoe era that happened in August 2003.

Posted by Nolan Dalla on Mar 26, 2013 in Blog, General Poker, Las Vegas | 10 comments

The Reports of Poker’s Death are Greatly Exaggerated

The mainstream media often get things notoriously wrong.

Consider the case of Mark Twain’s “death” being erroneously reported in the (now-defunct) New York Journal daily newspaper in 1897, eliciting his famous quote in response, “the report of my death was an exaggeration.”

It seems mainstream media haven’t learned much over the last 116 years. In recent months, major media have reported poker’s popularity is declining.