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Ivey's Edge Sorting Case Drags On
Thursday, 30 April 2015
NJ legal battle continues.
Phil Hellmuth's World Series Cameo
Tuesday, 28 October 2014
That's baseball, not poker!
Doc Holliday: A Gunfight Waiting to Happen, Part 1
Tuesday, 2 April 2013
Poker historian Johnny Hughes on the man described by Wyatt Earp as “He was the most skilful gambler and the nerviest, fastest, deadliest man with a six-gun I ever saw.”
Benjamin “Ben” Thompson: The Old West’s Deadliest Gunfighter was an Englishman, Part 2
Monday, 31 December 2012
In 1873, Ben and his brother Billy were running a gambling joint in Ellsworth, Kansas, when there was a dispute over a poker game. Ben had staked a man who wouldn't give him his half of the winnings. The fight spilled into the street, and Billy came with a shotgun to back up Ben. Sheriff Whitney, came to stand beside a drunken Billy. Billy’s shotgun accidentally discharged and killed the sheriff.
Brian “Sailor” Roberts
Saturday, 27 October 2012
Poker historian Johnny Hughes on the latest inductee into the Poker Hall of fame.
Wyatt Earp: A Leader among Gambling Men, Part 1
Monday, 30 July 2012
Best known as a town-taming sheriff, Wyatt Earp was also quite the gambler as poker historian Johnny Hughes explains.
Titanic Thompson: America's Most Famous Gambler, Part 2 of 3
Tuesday, 1 May 2012
Titanic once won a bet with Rothstein throwing a heavy peanut across Times Square. He had packed the peanut with birdshot, lead. He did this with walnuts, pecans, oranges, lemons, and he was always ready. Johnny Hughes continues his look at one of America's most amazing gamblers.
Titanic Thompson: America's Most Famous Gambler, Part I
Monday, 2 April 2012
Titanic Thompson's dark eyes could be gullible, child-like, confused, bemused, charming, magnetic, penetrating, predatory, all-knowing and scary when need be. Johnny Hughes on a larger than life American character.
The O’Malley Family Tonic
Thursday, 3 March 2011
Sean knew an O'Malley principle: With a rich man, don't let him get off winner. Keep him behind. He cares about the win or the loss, not the money. By Johnny Hughes.
Texas Poker: The Early Days by Johnny Hughes
Tuesday, 30 November 2010
We played with all cash because chips were considered gambling paraphernalia by the police. Many of the people in the games were outlaws: poker pros, bookmakers, loan sharks, dice men and conmen.