Rags to Riches: How Mark Fleddermann Turned $4 into $65,000
Read MoreChances are, you’ve never heard of Mark Fleddermann.
Until now.
Read MoreChances are, you’ve never heard of Mark Fleddermann.
Until now.
Read MoreThere’s a shadowy figure looming on the horizon. Worse, he’s headed straight towards me.
Shit.
Read MoreThe first thing I heard was the roar of the engine.
It was Phil Ivey’s silver Mercedes SLR McLaren and the beast was barreling straight towards me.
If I ever get flattened by a motor vehicle, I hope to hell it’s a $285,000 luxury car. What a way to go out with a bang. Far more chivalrous getting mowed down by Ivey who’s late for his golf match than being mashed by some late-night boozer wheeling a Dodge Neon.
Common sense is in short supply — especially at airports.
I realize everyone’s in a hurry. Airlines make flying about as glamorous as boarding a filthy greyhound bus headed to Detroit. Traveling takes nearly twice as long as it should because passengers have to go through the equivalent of a rectal exam.
Flying is stressful. And at the end of your long flight, the thing we desire most is a lifeline, which is our baggage.
Hopefully, our bags arrive — signed, sealed, delivered — which is followed by a smooth trip either home or to the hotel.
Too bad, it’s not that easy.
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Read MoreIf Nevada’s leap into the abyss during the summer of 2011 as the first state to legalize online poker was the first domino to fall, New Jersey’s apparent decision to do the same thing yesterday should set off a tumbling progression of activity in states to follow which will eventually make American online poker a reality.