Month: January 2012

New Mexico

Poker seminar at Santa Ana Star increases players

As a regular player you always want to see new players come to the game. If I can encourage others to learn hold’em, I do. Getting new players on the felt is the job of a poker room manager, so a brainstorming session with Santa Ana Star’s Dan Higginbotham led us to start a new-player […]

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Michigan

Nothing warms a poker player more than cold cash

What is worse than a cold deck? Catching cold cards in cold weather. Welcome to Michigan in the dead of winter. I bet you’re like me and prefer cold hard cash over cold hard winters. And what is better than cold hard cash? Free frosty Franklins … as in Benjamins. Every Tuesday until Feb. 21, […]

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Iowa

Poker pro Bill Slaght is back among the living

There were many casualties from the fallout of Black Friday (April 15, 2011), none more devastating than an online pro looking to keep his home and start a family. Because of that day that will live in poker infamy, I compete against one of these players in my local casino, a result of him having […]

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Michigan

Windy City Championship attracts poker elite

The Chicago area had a champions battleduring the Windy City Poker Championshipin mid December as one World Series of Poker champion, two World Poker Tour champions and four Heartland Poker Tour champions were in attendance. Colorful high-stakes amateur Rick Rahim (made famous from his stint on Fox’s the Big Game) was there along with fellow […]

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