Category: Florida

Florida

ROAD TRIP: Mid-South – Shreveport and Arkansas

Much of the poker buzz in Louisiana comes from New Orleans, but you can’t forget Shreveport, which has two gems in the Eldorado and Horseshoe. And while we were there we hopped the state line north and looked at the two Arkansas rooms.

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Florida

Tyler Smith owns the Mississippi poker scene

Tyler Smith, born and raised in Smithdale, Miss., has put on perhaps the greatest
run in southern tournament poker history. Since January he’s won Beau Rivage’s
Spring Break Poker Classic, Gold Strike’s World Poker Open and he made the final table

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Florida

Why don’t poker players prepare mentally?

Since my last column focused on preparing for a tournament I figured it would be a good idea to talk to some professional players about the topic. In June I went to Las Vegas to play in the World Series of Poker’s senior event, and as it turns out, most pros are playing constantly so […]

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Florida

Unite to fight for poker

Sept. 30, 2006 On this day, our nation lost a little more of its innocence, as poker players across the country learned a valuable lesson

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