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Posted by on Aug 8, 2014 in Blog, General Poker, Talking Points, Video 1, World Series of Poker | 1 comment

My Interview with Tatjana Pasalic on Online Gambling (Calvin Ayre.com)

 

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Tatjana Pasalic and I have done quite a few interviews together.  I’m a big fan of her work, which is regularly posted at CalvinAyre.com.

Below this most recent interview, at the 2014 WSOP, see Part 1 of “How the West Was Won,” which is a nice overview of WSOP history.

 

READ:  More background on the history of the WSOP

TAG: “Indeed, the casino started to look filthy.  Everything inside smelled like smoke.  Televisions inside the hotel rooms were broken and stayed that way for months.  Some of the TVs still used old-fashioned rabbit ears.  Hotel rooms went for as cheap as $19 a night, and they still couldn’t book them.  Binion’s Horseshoe was an excruciating reminder that “old” Las Vegas was disappearing fast, soon to be extinct.  It was a dying dinosaur on its last legs.  Fewer tourists came downtown anymore and those who stayed there didn’t tend to gamble much.  The real casino action and entertainment were down on The Strip, which might as well have been not just in a different state, but on another planet.”

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Posted by on Aug 5, 2014 in Blog, General Poker, Personal | 1 comment

A PokerStars Conference Call: The Creation of the European Poker Tour (EPT)

 

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I worked for PokerStars.com for nearly three years.  I served as the company’s Director of Communications between 2004-2006.  Until now, I have written and said very little about my time spent with PokerStars.  This was largely out of respect for the confidentially of the company and those I worked with closely during those years.  However, the recent sale of the company by the Scheinberg Family allows me now to be more candid about what I did, and the activities I observed.  Today marks the ten-year anniversary of the following telephone conference call, which essentially created the European Poker Tour (EPT).

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Posted by on Jul 28, 2014 in Blog, Personal, Travel | 0 comments

Room With a View

 

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Places like Dr. King’s view of what was a mass demonstration reflecting a larger society and world filled with inequity on that memorable day in the nation’s capital remained an integral part of who we are and reflect the ideals of the society that we hope to become someday to come.

We’re not there yet.  We have a long way to go.  We might not ever get there.  But it’s still important to dream.  It’s important to struggle and strive towards something better.  It’s important to imagine the possibilities.

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