Articles & Reports
The 2005 WSOP Tournament of Champions:
The One We’ve All Been Waiting For
The One We’ve All Been Waiting For
Wednesday, November 30, 2005
This is the one we've been waiting for since poker exploded on television.
Ever since 2003, when the World Poker Tour debuted on the Travel Channel and Chris Moneymaker became the unlikely World
WPT Ladies Night III: Jennifer Tilly Reigns
as Queen of the Ladies Events
as Queen of the Ladies Events
Tuesday, October 18, 2005
The World Poker Tour recently held its third Ladies Night Invitational at the Bicycle Casino. Two of the six seats were reserved for last year’s returning champion (Isabelle Mercier) and the winner
Lucky You: A Day on the Set of a Poker Film
Wednesday, September 28, 2005
Like a dream, it was foreign and familiar at the same time. It was a Thursday morning in May, and I was walking into the poker room at Bellagio, just as I had done a hundred times before. Strolling
Book Review:
The Professor, the Banker, and the Suicide King
The Professor, the Banker, and the Suicide King
Wednesday, September 14, 2005
Late last year, a series of letters were published in Card Player between a Texas banker and a group of top professional poker players led by Doyle Brunson. The banker had already played these pros
Back-to-Back WSOP Champs: Is Raymer Next?
Monday, July 11, 2005
Greg Raymer has crossed the million-dollar mark in chips. That’s still less than 2% of the total he needs to win everything, but it’s very impressive for Day Three. Is it too early to expect a
The Poker Lifestyle Show
Sunday, July 10, 2005
The past few days, foot traffic into the World Series of Poker has been diverted through a separate ballroom that is hosting something called “The Poker Lifestyle Show.” It may sound like a cross
The F-Bomb Factor
Saturday, July 9, 2005
In 1973, one of George Carlin’s comedy routines sparked a legal battle when it was broadcast on a local radio station. He was talking about the seven words you can’t say on television.
Thirty-two
2005 WSOP:
A Look Back Before the Main Event
A Look Back Before the Main Event
Wednesday, July 6, 2005
The World Series of Poker is the most exciting time of the poker year. It attracts the best of the best to play alongside the best of the rest. And unlike the baseball equivalent, this really is a
2005 WSOP: Twenty Down, Twenty-Two to Go
Thursday, June 23, 2005
Back in 1949, long before the days of tournament poker, Benny Binion arranged a heads-up poker match between two poker greats: Johnny Moss and Nick “The Greek” Dandalos. Binion set up the match to
Poker’s March Madness:
The 2005 NBC Heads-Up Championship
The 2005 NBC Heads-Up Championship
Tuesday, April 5, 2005
March Madness hit the poker world this year, as some of the top players in the world gathered at the Golden Nugget Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas to participate in the National Heads-Up Poker
2004 WSOP Main Event, Epilogue
Tuesday, June 1, 2004
I have received over 100 emails since the final day of the World Series. I heard from men and women around the world, on a variety of topics. Most of you were complimentary (thank you), a few of you
2004 WSOP Main Event, Final Table
Friday, May 28, 2004
Once again, I’m going to play the suspense card. You probably already know who won the main event of the World Series of Poker, but don’t say anything to ruin it for anyone out there who hasn’t
2004 WSOP Main Event, Day 5
Thursday, May 27, 2004
If you’re dying to know who made it to tomorrow’s final table, you’re gonna have to wait. (Actually, you’ve probably already seen the results on the main page of CardPlayer.com. But I won’t tell you
2004 WSOP Main Event, Day 1
Saturday, May 22, 2004
Day One of the No-Limit Hold’em World Championship was about three things: the crowds, survival, and honoring one of poker’s greatest players.
The crowds were obvious before you even entered the
The Secret of Las Vegas:
Pyramids, Pirate Ships, and Parking Garages
Pyramids, Pirate Ships, and Parking Garages
Friday, August 1, 2003
“The unavoidable first step to getting what you want out of life is deciding what you want out of life.”
That little nugget of wisdom was handwritten on a tattered sheet of paper taped up in a
This collection highlights some of my work from other media outlets. All of these articles are protected under copyright, and republished here with permission as an example of my work. (Copyright notices appear at the end of each article.)
