With so many recognizable names at the final tables, it was hard not to get excited during this year’s World Series of Poker. Yet more exciting is to see some of local players from the Midwest make it deep in several of the events, including one familiar face to Ante Up readers. Thomas Chambers, an […]
Pro player Jacob Bazeley, 29, of Cincinnati, captured second place in Event 2 of the World Series of Poker, a $1,500 no-limit hold’em tournament, good
Ohio now has legal casino poker. Round one of casino openings here has brought the 30-table Horseshoe Casino poker room managed by Jeremy Smith and
The second annual Cards to Cure Cancer event will be at 10:30 a.m. Aug. 26 at The Blackwell Hotel on the Ohio State University campus in Columbus, Ohio.
Since the Horseshoe opened in 2008, the familiar towering figure moving around the poker room has been manager Jeremy Smith, but not anymore. The 6-foot-8
Ask any poker player when they started playing poker and they’ll probably say one of two things: the boom or sitting at the kitchen table with their parents or grandparents. John Nelson, the winner of Hollywood Casino’s Tri-State Poker Championship in Lawrenceburg, Ind., went the latter route for his exposure to the game. “I started […]
This week, Inside Gaming gives you a rundown of what’s new in casino finance. Station Casinos is finally out of bankruptcy, and the Palms is avoiding it with some dramatic ownership changes. Ohio racetrack purchases are looking like golden gooses…
A flurry of spring activity in the gaming sector took place this week. Slot-machine king IGT took its first stab at the online world with the $115 million purchase of the Entraction network. The Las Vegas Sands hired a new executive to revitalize…
Maybe it’s the allure of a televised final table that draws them. Or perhaps it’s the top-notch pros who come out to compete. It might
The November Nine features three Floridians this year vying to become the World Series of Poker Main Event Champion. John Racener of Tampa, Michael Mizrachi of Miramar and John Dolan of Bonita Springs carry the hopes of a state still looking for poker res
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