Matt Damon Does John Malkovich
Matt Damon shares a story about working with John Malkovich on the poker movie “Rounders”…
Matt Damon shares a story about working with John Malkovich on the poker movie “Rounders”…
I’ve just wrapped up a visit to the Choctaw Casino in Durant, Oklahoma (100 minutes north of Dallas), where there’s a big tournament series going on that culminates in a World Poker Tour event in a couple of weeks. I got a really cheap Southwest flight and Priceline-d my way into good values on a […]
“The Sting” is my all-time favorite movie. I’ve lost count of how often I’ve seen it, but it wasn’t until I watched it again recently that I noticed some problems in the famous high-stakes poker scene on the train. There’s nothing wrong with the acting, or the directing by George Roy Hill, but if there […]
I spent several days last week at and around the World Series Of Poker in Las Vegas. Some random observations: I wasn’t happy to see that the WSOP no longer provides chip runners for the cash games, but understand the decision after hearing the explanation. When buying into a cash game, you used to be […]
On Wednesday, I wrote about how some poker players are ruining the game by playing much too slowly, acting as if every decision was life and death. Here’s an example of what I was talking about, as reported by the WSOP staff Thursday afternoon in the $3,000 buy-in Six Max No Limit Hold’em Event: Guiliano […]
Sitting and playing poker for hours on end can be very boring, particularly if you’re not participating in a lot of hands. Patience is a key factor, but it can be tested by several factors that slow the pace of the game considerably. The worst is players who take forever to make every decision. While […]