01 September 2010

» Road Gambler - The Hughes Strategy

By Johnny Hughes


When I entered the United States Army in 1962 at age 22, I listed my occupation as “card player: poker, gin rummy and bridge tournaments”. They made my speciality code-breaking and cryptography. Several expert poker and bridge players, including game book authors Herbert O. Yardley, Harry Fishbein, and Oswald Jacoby had been code breakers during World War II.

29 July 2010

» Poker Game Robberies Then and Now

When asked if he had ever killed a man, Johnny Moss said he didn't know, as he had shot a robber and didn't know the outcome.

01 July 2010

» The Murder of Iron Drawers Shaw

With his Cadillac and colourful stories, he was what central casting would think a Texas gambler looks like, and he loved it.

01 June 2010

» ROAD GAMBLER

By Johnny Hughes


"A sucker out of Lubbock can beat a slick from any where else...” – Old West Texas saying.

10 May 2010

» Road Gambler

By Johnny Hughes


"Jenkins was a high-stakes gambler at poker and golf. After his death, there were rumours of large gambling losses and debts. The hand J-7 is named for him." 

01 April 2010

» When the Most Famous Gambler in the World was a Shill

By Johnny Hughes


In 1949, Nicholas "Nick the Greek" Dandolos (often spelled Dandolas) had his worst poker year ever. It was to haunt him for life and lead to one murder.

08 March 2010

» “The Pants Principle”

There is an unfortunate dilemma that afflicts all UK casinos when setting rules for poker games – they have to prevent the vagabonds and scumbags from taking advantage, at the expense of other players.

03 February 2010

» Decisions…

When most people play a session of poker, they tend to view that session in terms of how “well” they’ve done, which means how much money they’ve won. They’ve been in a couple of big flips, won all of them, and they think they’ve played well, despite running way above expectation.

12 January 2010

» Who the f$$k is Isildur1?

Towards the end of October, a mysterious entity known as “Isildur1” ambushed the Full Tilt tables and sent shockwaves through the online poker community. Within the space of a few days, he was playing some of the biggest names at the highest stakes available, often seated with the max and playing up to eight tables simultaneously.

15 October 2009

» Blogging the WSOPE final table

I would like to recite from my fuzzy memory – It all began at the Empire Casino in Leicester Square London where, fresh-faced and organised, I rocked up to the Press Room on the opening day to begin coverage of the World Series of Poker Europe.