Posts Tagged ‘poker’


Poker And A Wedding?

Atlantic City, the top spot for a poker weekend may soon be the top spot for a quickie wedding. Read more here.  

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Hollywood Casino Penn National Poker Report

Hollywood Casino Penn National Poker Report Played the daily tournament today. The buy in is $80 and 24 players were on hand.  The dailys’ usually have 30 +/-, so todays turnout out was light.   Hollywood Casino at Penn National Poker Report Hollywood Casino at Penn national holds daily poker tournaments. Monday through Friday at [...]

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Borgata Trip Report 12/27-28/11

Entered an hour late for the $100 Tournament at the Borgata on Tuesday 12/27/11. I was seated at a table that was just forming and settled in to play for 8 minutes before the break. 114 players were entered, might have been above average crowd being it was the week between Christmas and New Years. [...]

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Poker: From the ‘cheating game’ to respectability

There is a dispute among card historians as to the exact origins of the card game known as ‘Poker’. Some claim that it is a derivation of a centuries old Persian game called ‘Ậs Nas’, while others insist that it is Chinese in origin started Emperor Mu-tsung. The French imported a Spanish card game called [...]

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