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Jeff Haney Gaming Guru - Page 5Negreanu Plays 'Small Ball' to Earn Big Win on WPT1 February 2006
ROBINSONVILLE, Mississippi -- Lee Markholt, a poker pro from Washington state, had just been eliminated from the final table of the World Series of Poker circuit tournament at the Tunica Grand casino in Mississippi last Friday night.
Before he went off to collect his $183,160 prize for finishing ... (read more)
Figures Show Sports Books are Doing Just Fine4 January 2006
All football season, we have been hearing about how this was the year of the favorite in NFL betting, and how badly the sports books' bottom lines were damaged as a result.
Favored teams have been covering the point spread at a rate approaching 60 percent, a virtually unprecedented clip.
Because the ... (read more)
Behind the Scenes of New 'King of Vegas' Reality Show19 December 2005
An amateur gambler is competing heads-up against a professional bettor.
Who feels more pressure?
And who is more likely to let the pressure affect him (or her)?
That's the conflict at the heart of the TV series "King of Vegas," which debuts next month on Spike (Cox cable channel 29). It ... (read more)
Old Pro Tony Grand, 81, Lets the Youngsters Know That the Poker Tournament Grind is Nothing like Television2 November 2005
Now 81 years old, poker pro Tony Grand has been playing the game at a high level of competition for three decades.
Since no-limit Texas hold 'em bullied its way into the public's consciousness in the past several years, Grand often finds himself the senior player at a given table -- sometimes by about 50 ... (read more)
Card Counters and the Surreality of the Professional Blackjack Players' Ball31 October 2005
Casino bosses liken blackjack card counters to bloodsuckers, or evil creatures dying to plunder and pillage their table games.
Usually, it's just a figure of speech.
But not Saturday night, when some of the world's best blackjack players dressed as vampires, ghosts and pirates to attend the ... (read more)
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