Month: October 2011

West Virginia

‘Kitchen’ Billy takes over at Meadows

The new poker room manager at the Meadows Racetrack and Casino in Washington, Pa., is Billy Takacs, and he’s no stranger to the felt. Takacs, a 56-year-old poker player from Weirton, W. Va., has spent most of his life in the Monroeville, Pa., area and previously worked for the Mountaineer Racetrack and Casino in Chester, […]

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New Jersey

Another year, another record for Borgata Poker Open

The World Poker Tour returned to Atlantic City in September as the Borgata Poker Open was again the center of the East Coast poker universe. Last year the BPO had a record 1,042 entrants, and given the impressive numbers at this year’s World Series, this year’s expectations were to set another record. Not only did […]

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Poker

Hey you! Hit the road!

Poker is a metaphor for life in so many ways. In life, we often reflect on our past to learn from it. The same can

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