My Years at Binion's Horseshoe Archives - Page 8 of 10

Posted by Nolan Dalla on Jan 10, 2014 in Blog, General Poker, Las Vegas, Personal, World Series of Poker | 8 comments

The Closing of Binion’s Horseshoe (Part 2)

with Becky Binion-Behnen in 2003

Read Part 1 HERE.

Posted by Nolan Dalla on Jan 9, 2014 in Blog, Las Vegas, Personal | 18 comments

Ten Years Ago Today: The Closing of Binion’s Horseshoe (Part 1)

Today is January 9th, 2014.

Ten years ago today, a Las Vegas landmark was forcibly shut down.

Binion’s Horseshoe, the crumbling ruin of a former empire and the final vestige of the Old West that had once transformed dusty Las Vegas into a neon-lit magnet of vice, shuddered its windows and padlocked its doors.

Posted by Nolan Dalla on Oct 7, 2013 in Blog, General Poker, Las Vegas | 0 comments

Archie Karas: The Man Who Nearly Broke the Bank at Binion’s Horseshoe

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)

If the legendary man who nearly “broke the bank at Monte Carlo” has a modern-day reincarnate, he is most certainly Archie Karas.

Posted by Nolan Dalla on Oct 1, 2013 in Blog, Book Reviews, Movie Reviews, Personal | 5 comments

Did the 2007 Academy Awards Kill the Stu Ungar Movie?

Executive Producer Graham King at the 2007 Academy Awards, accepting the Best Picture Oscar

Anyone 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.