This is a clip from “Poker Night In America,” which airs Mondays on the CBS Sports Network, produced by Todd Anderson and my friend Nolan Dalla. The half-hour show is centered around a big-bucks no-limit hold’em cash game ($25/50 blinds and a minimum buy-in of $5,000) played by some well-known pros and a few amateurs. […]
Last week, at a poker tournament in Niagara Falls, Ontario, one of the players was arrested at the final table. The Globe and Mail has the details — which do not include cheating or any other charges related to that tournament. At the time of his arrest, he was the chip leader with five players […]
I was in Las Vegas for a few days earlier this week, and returned with several questions and notes… Why do some hotel bathrooms put the towel rack on the wall furthest away from the sink? When I’m finished washing my hands, I don’t want to have to walk across the room. It’s not the […]
Another in my occasional series of poker stories… A couple of years ago, I spent nine days at the Rio during the World Series Of Poker, mostly playing cash games, but decided to dedicate one day to playing nothing but single table sit-and-go tournaments. These are cash events that take 90 minutes to two hours […]
I was at the Bellagio in Vegas this weekend with my brother-in-law Stuart to play poker, bet on football, and eat a few good meals. He also convinced me to get a full-body massage at the hotel’s spa. I’ve had plenty of back massages for some relief while sitting in a chair playing poker for […]
Several months ago, I wrote about Phil Ivey — one of the world’s best poker players and a high-stakes gambler in other casino games — and his battle against two casinos over millions of dollars he won playing Punto Banco, a form of Baccarat. Ivey used edge-sorting, which he calls “advantage play” and the casinos […]