Day: January 28, 2013

Washington

Poker documentarian gaining national praise

Mike Weeks, an avid poker player in Oregon, had put together the documentary Drawing Dead, which is garnering some national attention, including making its premiere in Denton, Texas, at the Thin Line Documentary Film Festival on Feb. 15. This film covers a brief history of online poker as well as the stories of two online […]

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Nevada

Vegas properties listening to their poker players

Poker rooms in Las Vegas always look to improve their offerings for the purposes of making players happy, and for attracting more of them. As such, tournament directors constantly review and tweak tournament schedules, structures, buy-ins and guarantees. For some time now, Binion’s, the venerable downtown casino where the World Series of Poker was born, […]

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Colorado

Black Hawk continues to attract big poker events

March is shaping up to be a busy month for Colorado poker players, so now’s a good time to get your plans in order. The Heartland Poker Tour at Golden Gates always attract some of the HPT’s top fields and prize pools, and there’s no reason to expect anything different from this year’s spring visit, […]

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New Mexico

Talking Stick’s Winter Poker Classic is Feb. 16-18

The Arena Poker Room at Talking Stick Casino is gearing up for its second annual Casino Arizona Winter Classic three-day event on Feb. 16-18. Buy-in is $335, playing down to 10 percent of the field each day or after 10 hours, whichever comes first. Players may rebuy (one time) when they have 1,200 chips or […]

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West Virginia

Pittsburgh poker pro Brikis joins Team Ivey

Phil Ivey is launching Iveypoker.com and hopes it changes social media poker forever. Josh Brikis is a Pittsburgh pro and the newest member of Team Ivey. I caught up with Brikis to discuss the new site. How does it feel to be a member of Team Ivey? It is truly an honor to be on […]

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Florida

Hard Rock, Derby Lane poker rooms have strong 2012 finish

While the larger buy-in tournament scene hasn’t hit the Tampa Bay area, it hasn’t stopped the flurry of series brought to you by Tampa Hard Rock and Derby Lane. The two poker rooms with the largest capacity in the bay area (each with more than 45 tables), completed December series that saw players fly in […]

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