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Posted by on May 22, 2014 in Blog, Book Reviews, General Poker, Video 1 | 1 comment

The Ten Most Important Poker Strategy Books and Why Each is Special

 

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Visit PokerNews at the link HERE to read this article in its entirety.

Following my article titled “The 10 Most Important Poker Books and Why They’re Essential,” PokerNews asked me to compose a similar list of books, this time exclusively dedicated to strategy.

In other words, my latest task was to select the most important strategy books ever written from the many hundreds of texts which have been published.

Before I proceed further, an explanation of the criteria I used in the selection process is warranted.

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Posted by on May 6, 2014 in Blog, General Poker | 5 comments

The Story Behind ESPN’s Documentary of “One of a Kind” (Stu Ungar’s Biography)

 

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“One of a Kind: The Rise and Fall of Stuey ‘the Kid’ Ungar” was released nine years ago this week, in May of 2005.

As a first-time author, finishing that book provided relief more than any sense of personal accomplishment.  To this day, I’d like to go back and re-do the entire process all over again.  I’d be especially eager to repeat my one-on-one interviews with Stuey, if that were possible.  I just think they could have been done better.

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Posted by on Apr 18, 2014 in Blog, Las Vegas, Talking Points, Video 1 | 4 comments

My Latest “Talking Points” Video — Unusual Las Vegas News Stories

 

Hillary Clinton Addresses Recycling Industries Trade Conference In Las Vegas

Hillary Clinton dodges a shoe thrown by a deranged protester at Mandalay Bay

 

Las Vegas is a city unlike any other.

That’s because there are more than a few unusual people here who sometimes do some crazy things.

Take this week’s local news stories.  All of the following stories were reported in the Las Vegas Review-Journal:

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Posted by on Apr 13, 2014 in Blog, Book Reviews, General Poker, Talking Points, Video 1 | 0 comments

Reasons Why Each of the “Top Ten Most Important Poker Books” Were Selected (Video)

 

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Earlier this week, I promised to explain my reasoning for THE TOP TEN MOST IMPORTANT POKER BOOKS EVER WRITTEN AND WHY THEY’RE ESSENTIAL.

Today’s video does precisely that.

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Posted by on Apr 7, 2014 in Blog, Las Vegas, Rants and Raves, Restaurant Reviews, Talking Points, Video 1 | 10 comments

My Rant About Results of the Las Vegas Review-Journal Annual “Readers’ Poll”

 

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Every year the readers of the city’s biggest newspaper send in their picks for their favorite this and that, which are tallied up and later released as the winners of the “Best of Las Vegas” awards.  Here’s my reaction to several categories.  

Note:  Lots of profanity in the video.

 

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