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With the news that they would broadcast the World Series of Poker in High Definition, ESPN got a reaction – maybe unexpected – from the host himself, Norman Chad.  According to this news article, Norman Chad couldn’t understand why.
For poker?” Chad asked rhetorically this week in an interview with the Los Angeles Daily News. “We […]

In the much awaited poker match between man and machine, man proves that he is still the best.  At the start of this week, Ali Estami and Phil Laak (the Unabomber) took on the challenge of Polaris, touted as the poker computer program that would beat human poker players.  The “First Man-Machine Poker Championship” was […]

Alright, who is Shannon Noll?  If you live in Australia, you would definitely not be asking this question.  Of Australian Idol fame, this young guy has just been named the “face” of the Australian Poker League.  Though we might not all be from this part of the earth, it is interesting to read about how […]

On one of the poker podcasts downloaded to my iPod, one host was lamenting the fact that a lot of people create variations of poker purely as a leveller of skill. They do this, he said, instead of taking the time to develop their own skill at a particular version of poker.
So to level the […]

A bit of poker trivia. While I was watching an episode of Ultimate Poker Challenge, they cut to a clip of pro player Gavin Smith. Apparently he’s from my hometown. Well, I have three hometowns, depending on how you define hometown.
I’m talking about my third hometown - the one that I basically grew up in. […]

When my brother and I were kids, we were always loved games, especially board and card games. I’ve lost track of how many different board or card games we had. Our parents were good to us that way, because they knew we’d often rather play games than watch TV.
We particularly loved Blackjack/ 21, but also […]

Gaming columnist Alan Krigman has a fascinating article about French philosopher and mathematician Blaise Pascal’s speculation on the existence of God. Pascal concluded that of the four possible conditions, the best was to wager on the existence of God. Krigman tries to extend Pascal’s wager to gambling, particularly slot machines, and suggests that “you’re ahead […]

The online edition of a local British Columbia newspaper has an inspiring story of a poker player making it to a large Canadian Texas Hold’Em tournament (3000 players) taking place in early May at the Niagara Fallsview Casino in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada.
As the article indicates, Marty Kelly has been playing poker for 20 years […]

This post isn’t just for poker bloggers, despite the title. But if you are a poker blogger, for the sake of those people searching for legitimate advice about poker in the blogosphere, here’s some advice.
If you’ve been following this blog to any degree, you know that posts have been a bit sparse. I’m new to […]

So I’m checking my email the other day and up pops this big orange box announcing that my local chain of Hooter’s restaurants were holding an 8-week Texas Hold ‘em tournament, administered by the National Pub Poker League, with a grand prize of a trip for two to the grand opening of the new Hooter’s […]