We are underway in a poker game at Red Rock Resort in the early afternoon on another day ending in “y.” Two women are chatting amiably. A guy with a U.S. Marine shirt (Semper Fi!) is involved in [...]
Four hours of live poker in an icily cold air-conditioned poker room on a record-hot July day is more than enough. So I was ready to call it a day. I was up early on a semi-dramatic all-in with [...]
I had an instant distrust of the guy who sat down next to me in the poker room of a locals joint in Las Vegas on another day ending in “y.” He was wearing dark glasses. He was wearing [...]
Once again on Sunday, the South Point in far south Las Vegas was bustling. Crowded race and sports book. Busy poker room. Full table games. And a long line that seemed to barely budge for the [...]
A friend and colleague suggested something a little different over the holiday weekend — how about playing in a poker tournament at the South Point in far south Las Vegas?Had some doubts. I [...]
Up early Saturday. Chores and errands. But by 10 a.m. or so, I’m on the phone and reserving a seat at a poker room in far western Las Vegas. Normally avoid Saturday; they are often crowded and [...]
When all the chips go in the pot, it’s usually because two players or more really like their hand.Or somebody has done something stupid. Or maybe one player is taking a shot. Desperate [...]
Then David put his hand in his bag and took out a stone; and he slung it and struck the Philistine in his forehead, so that the stone sank into his forehead, and he fell on his face to [...]
Illustration/Poker Travel So there we were, gathered around an oval-shaped Texas hold’em table, men and women, most dressed casually, whiling away an afternoon, trying to eke out a few [...]
Every poker player knows about the “rush.” Or going on a “heater.” It happens rarely, but there are days when you catch a hand. Then another hand. And then, you slowly [...]
