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The World Circus of Poker
The following article is a World Series of Poker diary, courtesy of bustemdaily. I woke up a couple hours before the 12 noon start of the $1500 PLO8 WSOP event. My first real poker tourney. A bite to eat, a ton of nicotine, and I was excited. Brian, a local Las Vegas thief, drove me [...]
Full StoryThis Game of Ours, Chapter Seven
Nothing in my poker career thus far could prepare me for my first experience of Vegas as it was in the early 80s. I felt like a Greek peasant villager must have felt when going to Athens for the first time. The sheer scale of a city entirely built on gambling and entirely run for [...]
Full StoryThis Game of Ours, Chapter Six
As the months gave way to years, I was earning a good living from the underground games in New York. I could turn in profitable sessions while losing enough pots here and there to maintain the longevity of the game. Even my mother, once so anti-poker, had come round to appreciating her son’s earning potential [...]
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