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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

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

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 […]

With the new year comes exciting changes for the Lumière Place poker room: a new manager, new tournament structures and a national tournament series. Anthony Chester, with experience from the Venetian and Delaware Park, has been named manager. While reviewing the day-to-day operations, he has implemented the deepstack-type tournaments he helped create at the Venetian. […]

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 […]

On Dec. 17, I attended the second annual Phil Hellmuth’s Hold’em with Agrace HospiceCare charity event in Madison because Hellmuth invited me to be one

Kou Vang captured first place and $64,465 on Dec. 12 at the final event of Season 2 of the Mid-States Poker Tour at Canterbury Park

Oklahoma saw major changes to key properties in 2011 (management changes), but that hasn’t dammed up the flow of players to Downstream Casino. New poker

The World Poker Tour celebrated its 10th anniversary with the Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic in December at the place where it all

Many visitors and locals in Las Vegas are enamored with the idea of “poker celebrities.” People that, 10 years ago, wouldn’t have stuck out in

Maine is moving forward with plans to build a casino in Oxford. The casino will offer slot machines plus live table games (but no poker),



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