Archive for the Tag: WSOP

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Who Is Greg Raymer?

Published on Tuesday, September 21st, 2004 at 11:29am.

Read Jackpot Jays article about WSOP champ Greg Raymer. Very interesting stuff. (...)

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The Biggest Game In Town

Published on Monday, August 16th, 2004 at 10:46pm.

The cover of this book by Al Alvarez quotes the London Evening Standard, “…probably the best book on poker ever written.” I’ve read other places online making similar claims and although I haven’t read every book on poker written, this has been the best I’ve turned a page on. Alvarez has a way with words that makes reading easy and fun. (...)

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Positively Fifth Street

Published on Saturday, August 14th, 2004 at 11:29am.

If you like poker, this is a book for you. In 2000, author James McManus went to Las Vegas, working for Harper’s Magazine. His job was to write an article on the World Series of Poker and the Ted Binion murder case, which were both taking place. (...)

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Binion’s Forced To Close

Published on Saturday, January 10th, 2004 at 3:57pm.

A historic day in the world of poker. The world famous Binion’s Horseshoe Casino was closed late yesterday. Get the full details by reading the article. I hope they don’t have to move the WSOP somewhere else this year. (...)

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