A bill introduced in congress a few weeks ago by Reps. Barney Frank (D-MA) and Ron Paul (R-TX) would prohibit the Department of the Treasury and Federal Reserve System from proposing, prescribing, or implementing any regulations related to the current ban on Internet gambling, as required by the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 (UIGEA).

Recent testimony before Congress offered proof that financial services institutions face serious regulatory burdens in attempting to enforce UIGEA and related regulations, which in any event is unlikely to stop millions of Americans from gambling online.

Representatives from the Credit Union National Association, Financial Services Roundtable, American Bankers Association, and Wells Fargo & Co... read more

[Press Release]The auction started at $2.25, where it ended set a new record for a $1 chip from a casino in Nevada, the closed Showboat Casino in Las Vegas, open from 1954-2001. The chip has, according to one source, only TWO known surviving examples and was valued as high as $15,000.00! The closing price: $28, 988... read more

Green Valley Ranch's New Tournament Lineup. Tournaments are available seven days a week at Green Valley Ranch. Starting at 10 a.m... read more

Las Vegas, NV – All great athletes possess intangible qualities. There’s something extraordinary about stars such as Michael Jordan, Joe Montana, and Wayne Gretzsky performing in the prime of their careers. It’s not just that they were winners. Many athletes win championships... read more

We all have our weaknesses. Some of mine are salty foods, classic Hitchcock movies, and suited aces. For those of us who love to play drawing hands, A-x suited is one of the most beguiling hands in hold'em. Aces can get cracked, kings are vulnerable if an ace flops, Big Slick frequently doesn't connect-and it's pretty much de rigueur to raise pre-flop with all of those hands... read more

When you win, poker seems so simple. Yet it's the simple things that are hardest to explain. In order to post a winning session your big hands have to hold up, you have to come from behind and beat a superior hand, you have to make your draws, your opponents have to miss their draws, your opponents have to make mistakes, and you have to minimize your mistakes. On the days that you're a big winner, it seems that everything falls on your side of the fence... read more

Amarillo Slim Preston, among others, has been quoted as saying “Poker is a game of people,” and to a lesser extent about cards.

If this is true, and poker players generally take this as an axiom, then we must conclude that the history of poker is much more about the people who played the game than the hands they played. Certainly, this is the approach taken by Des Wilson throughout his examination of the history of the game in his book, “Ghosts at the Table.”

Wilson divides poker history into four parts: the 19th century frontier, the road gamblers of the 1940s and 1950s, and the legitimization of poker in the last half of the 20th century, and poker in the 21st century... read more