Jennifer Shahade, a two-time United States Women’s Chess Champion, and now the winner of BARGE XXV
Read MoreThis past week, I attended BARGE 2015, held in Las Vegas.
B.A.R.G.E. is actually an acronym meaning “Big August Recreational Gambling Excursion,” a name sounding a bit pompous and pretty like a weekend gambling junket, which I’m told is precisely what it once was when it first began 25 years ago.
James Randi, a.k.a. “The Amazing Randi” (left) onstage with activist, lecturer, and magician Jamy Ian Swiss (right)
Read MoreLast weekend, I attended “The Amazing Meeting,” also known as TAM 2015.
It was amazing!
Read MoreThere are precious instants in life when you know you’re on the right track.
Today included one of those savored personal moments.
Read MoreTrivia: 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?
Read MoreB.B. King died last week here in Las Vegas. He was 89.
I saw B.B. King perform live three times. I always loved his music, even when listening to the blues wasn’t particularly fashionable. To me, the blues has always been the most honest genre of music.
Marieta Dalla
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