Though this probably falls under the category of “bad for poker” … hey, it’s not like online poker has exactly been good for him. While the super-duper majority of us have lots of fun celebrating varying levels of degeneracy, a guy named Eivind apparently went a little off the deep end, and his friends are [...]
Keeping poker in pop culture … In a sub-episode of tonight’s Simpsons Halloween Special XIX, Homer goes into the business of killing celebrities, the spirits of those he offs plot their revenge (with help from some historical ghosts) and come down from heaven to kill him, and — spoiler alert — when Homer dies he locks [...]
photo: Flipchip / LasVegasVegas Ylon Schwartz, en route to the final table. For all those negatively noting that the delayed final table isn’t bringing the hype it promised … patience, patience … it’s coming: The New York Times just took note of their hometown favorite, Ylon Schwartz. He’s an interesting character — basically quasi-degenerate meets chess wizard [...]
I knew the Binion’s poker room was getting an overhaul, but are they done already? Apparently so, according to PokerGrump. AllVegasPoker also has some new reviews and pics. The tournament room doesn’t look any different. But the new cash game area … looks plausibly impressive. For Dallas underground rounders, think Stagecoach meets the Carrousel: Photo: AVP Binion’s, as you [...]
Though they don’t have a point spread on the popular vote, Ladbrokes is taking bets from non-American players on the presidential election. From Online Casino Reports: Obama now stands at 1.07 at Ladbrokes, against McCain’s 7.5. The odds on Obama winning more than 370 of the 568 seats on offer have shortened to 2.62, with the [...]
I really don’t mean to make it all about politics — yeow, Venetian Deep Stacks just got underway! — but tonight’s poker-politics entertainment overlap had me doing a little searching for “obama poker”. I was just looking for one link, actually, but found four pretty good ones. I know this election isn’t all about poker [...]
Just curious. We all know the presidential election has been a boom for Saturday Night Live’s ratings … tonight I was watching to see John McCain’s guest appearance. Gotta say, he was pretty damn good: The host was Ben Affleck — real poker player — and in the group farewell, it was like a sincere, conciliatory [...]
Sorry I’ve been a little out of pocket in recent days weeks months. But I got kinda hooked on election coverage. Dammit, promised myself four years ago that I wouldn’t get caught up in the BS-laden pre-election horse race coverage, but instead ended up making the biggest prop bet of my life about a month [...]
There seem to be 100 polls coming out each day pertaining to the presidential race, so a poker-related poll has been released to take your minds off the pesky politics that will decide who will run the U.S. for the next four years. Poker Software, a cleverly named online site dedicated to information about poker software [...]
Not long after it was announced that the Italian government legalized online poker for its citizens, major poker websites are beginning to receive licenses and launch the Italian versions of their sites. The Amministrazione Autonoma dei Monopoli di Stato has been busy granting requests as quickly as possible so the revenue can start rolling in. [...]
Dewey Tomko for being basically the Cal Ripken of Poker. (Three bracelets). Henry Orenstein for inventing the hole-card cam (and maybe producing High Stakes Poker). Click below for more details. Poker Hall of Fame Announces 2008 Inductees WSOP Bracelet Winners Duane “Dewey” Tomko & Henry Orenstein To Become 36th & 37th Members Induction Ceremony to be Held as Part [...]
Hevad Khan, the most infamous member of last year’s WSOP final table for example, took down the $10,000 Caesars Palace Classic and the $1,000,000 first place prize earlier this morning. The behavior that earned him his own rule for the 2008 WSOP (will there be a Scotty Nguyen rule in 2009?) has been [...]
Lou Kreiger with some interesting thoughts on the pre-Big One run-up, too. He makes some good points, and isn’t ready to throw the poker baby out with the bathwater yet. Likewise, I’m not jumping to any conclusions yet. But I am starting to think that a delay in principle may indeed be the right thing to [...]
Lou Kreiger is reporting the new rumored big-media poker date is Nov. 9. Makes sense to me. So long as nothing really-really big happens between now and then. Otherwise I’d expect a President/Election story, something political (probably about the environment, or Wall Street), poker (with Russ Hamilton as the villain), and a few minutes with [...]