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John Leontakianakos Appointed to World Poker Associations’ Board of Directors

PokerPlasm’s own, John “The Greek” Leontakianakos, has been appointed to the World Poker Association’s Board of Directors. This is great news for the world of poker. Mr. Leontakianakos, Senior Vice President of Finance for GateKeeper USA, Inc., has over 30 years of high stakes poker playing experience and understands the issues in advancing the game [...]

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This Game of Ours, Chapter Two

Big Tony was the local mafia capo in charge of the neighborhood. His distant cousin Carlo Gambino was the “boss of bosses”, running the whole show. And every Saturday Big Tony would pull up at the corner gas station where all the neighborhood kids used to hang out. His car was a big black sedan [...]

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This Game of Ours, Chapter One

The New York in which I arrived in 1970 was a city held together by organized crime and gambling. I landed as an eight-year-old immigrant who knew three words of English and began my poker education almost as soon as I stepped off the plane. Moving into a Queens’ tenement with my parents and sisters, [...]

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This Game of Ours, Introduction & Dedication

If you’ve met me at a poker table, you might know me as John the Greek. But the chances are that you won’t have heard of me. I’ve only just begun to play in major tournaments. But I’ve been playing poker for as long as I can remember. And this game has earned me a [...]

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This Game Of Ours: A Poker Tale

Extra! Extra! Read all about it! John “The Greek” Leontakianakos has allowed PokerPlasm to publish his book, This Game Of Ours: A Poker Tale, chapter by chapter! So get ready for some great poker stories…all of them true…all of them exciting. Read how one of the best cash game players around made it to where [...]

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