1990 world champion Mansour Matloubi, watched closely by the poker press corps
Read MoreIf winning a major poker tournament represents the game’s greatest glory, reporting on such events can sometimes be its worst drudgery.
In this column, I look back at poker writing and tournament reporting over the years and gives thanks to those who blazed the trail to the present day.
Read MoreWhat follows is the history of poker in photographs.
This is Part 1, which covers the period 10,000 BC up through 1975 AD.
Let’s begin.
The winter of WSOP discontent, in 2004 just before the re-opening.
Read MoreThe 2004 World Series of Poker almost didn’t happen.
In fact, it was a miracle the event took place at all. A few months after Chris Moneymaker’s victory ignited the poker boom, the casino was boarded up, padlocked by federal marshals, and later sold to Harrah’s Entertainment. The shuttered building sat dark and vacant during the entire winter of 2004. Yet somehow, by April 23rd the casino was re-opened for business again was ready to host the 35th annual WSOP. This is the story of how that remarkable poker series came to be, against the odds.
Howard Stutz (Reporter, Las Vegas Review-Journal), Mitch Garber (CEO, Caesars Interactive, and WSOP.com), and Nolan Dalla
Read MoreThe opening day of the IGaming North America 2014 conference took place yesterday at the Planet Hollywood Casino, in Las Vegas. Read my initial reaction here: Andy Abboud Melts Down at IGaming North America Conference.
Read MoreHere’s the story about getting conned by a rock star impersonator, who claimed to be Randy Meisner of the Eagles.
Marieta Dalla
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