Of all the underlying themes in Ben Mezrich’s new narrative non-fiction book, Straight Flush, none are more important than its insistence that the University of Montana SAE frat boys who …
Tuesday’s release of Ben Mezrich’s Straight Flush, the supposed “true story” of the University of Montana frat boys who founded Absolute Poker, represents a new nadir in the history of poker …
Day 1 of the 2013 World Series of Poker is in the books, the day highlighted by the first two of 62 bracelet events getting underway at the Rio All-Suite …
A post titled “Hardly anyone playing on Full Tilt” on TwoPlusTwo.com piqued my curiosity this morning. I wondered how online poker, as a whole, is faring as we enter the …
Brett “gank” Jungblut ended his sponsorship arrangement with Lock Poker last week. Jungblut cited concerns about Lock’s inability to provide basic customer service and reliable cashouts to U.S. players as …
Amid the conclusions of various live tours’ seasons — including the European Poker Tour, the World Poker Tour, and the WSOP Circuit — PokerStars’ Spring Championship of Online Poker played …
This week’s win and runner-up showings at the 2013 WPT World Championship, by David “Chino” Rheem and Erick Lindgren, respectively, have touched off a bit of a debate on poker …
With the 2013 World Series of Poker in Las Vegas just days away from starting, the year-round WSOP Circuit was in the headlines this week with the conclusion of its …
(continued from Part 1) Was the 2+2 poster “styleXX” a random poster guessing that author Ben Mezrich might want to write a book on the Absolute Poker frat boys, or …
With next Tuesday’s release of Ben Mezrich’s book on the frat-boy founders of Absolute Poker, Straight Flush, it’s time to tell one of those little side stories about how Mezrich’s connection …
