Amarillo Slim is on record as saying that should a woman ever win the WSOP, he’ll eat his hat, but given the way in which the game’s popularity has blossomed among the fairer sex, maybe the old timer should contemplate having a headpiece made in the form of a cake.
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Music channel MTV continues its search for the stars – people who wish to feature in a forthcoming episode of “True Life Chronicles”. If you’ve never seen it, the show highlights the occasionally odd and certainly unusual lifestyles of young people aged between 18-28. Online poker players with a tale to tell are much in demand.
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It’s that time of year for a review of the previous year, so here we go with some of the highlights and lowlights of 2007.
January saw one of the most important poker court cases to be brought before a judge, when the Gutshot Club tried to argue that poker was indeed a game of skill over luck. There was no such luck for the club however, as it was forced to shut it’s doors when the ruling went against them.
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Take me to the River
By Peter Alson
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A few years ago, Peter Mayle happened upon the idea of writing a book about spending a year in Provence whilst refurbishing a run-down property. It proved enormously successful because it struck a chord with so many people wishing to escape the rat-race and enjoy the laid-back Gallic way of life.
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British and European poker players should be thankful they live on this side of the Atlantic.
Hardly a day goes by when there are no stories from the US or Canada of more poker games being raided by the police in echoes of the alcohol prohibition in the 1920’s.
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David and Goliath set for January court hearing
Here’s a case which we think is ideal for any barrack-room lawyers because the basic evidence, from one party at least, can be quickly checked online.
Earlier this week, an Ohio Federal District Court set a trial date for a copyright infringement case between the US Playing Card Company (aka Goliath) and a Florida-based inventor named Michael Faessler (aka David). A trial date has been set for 14th January 2008.
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“Poison Paws” has always been used as a slightly derogatory phrase to describe dealers who continue to deal you lousy hands all night – or at least until you’ve realised it’s time to leave the table and try your luck elsewhere.
However, according to a US television report on Monday, the phrase is in danger of becoming a euphemism for poker players trying their luck in Arizona after the station, KNXV-TV, reported that poker chips manufactured by Paulson, one of the biggest names in casino chip manufacture, may contain high levels of lead.
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It’s 11pm and there you are, enjoying a quiet game of poker with some pals at a dingy downtown club you happen to know is open ‘til late. There’s not much table action and you’re contemplating ordering another beer when suddenly, there’s an almighty BOOM as the front door flies off its hinges and what looks like a well-armed private army pours in through the resulting dust, plaster and splintered door pieces.
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