“Poker Night in America” on a Rush

Read MoreExcuse me while I shift into brag mode.
“Poker Night in America” is on a rush right now (that’s a play on words, since we’re owned by Rush Street Productions).

Read MoreExcuse me while I shift into brag mode.
“Poker Night in America” is on a rush right now (that’s a play on words, since we’re owned by Rush Street Productions).

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.

Read MoreFollowing PART 1 and PART 2, here’s the story of my favorite dinner of the 2015 World Series of Poker, in other words — my top choice out of 51 such engagements. There’s also a brief interlude of thanks to some friends who presented me with various gift bottles of wine and assorted liquors, which sufficiently swayed me enough to write positive things about them here.

Read MoreIs there anything Trent Lott won’t do for a fast buck?

Read MoreThe views expressed are strictly my own and do not reflect the opinions nor the positions of the World Series of Poker, Caesars Interactive Entertainment, or the Rio Las Vegas.