Congratulations to Pat Walsh, a St. Louisan who just finished fifth in the LA Poker Classic main event, earning over $340k. Everyone here has known for a long time that Pat’s a helluva player, and no-limit hold’em isn’t even his best game — he’s an unbelievable pot-limit Omaha player with a national reputation. Since this […]
Of all the TV poker shows, “High Stakes Poker” is the best, because we get to see top pros playing real cash game poker strategies with their own money on the line, and talking it up around the table, too. With season five debuting this Sunday at 8pm CT on GSN, Dennis Phillips and I […]
The new season of “The Amazing Race” is off to a good start, although its ratings were no doubt blunted by competing with the Oscars this week. I don’t know why CBS insisted on beginning this edition of the show two weeks ago, knowing it would then be up against one of the most-viewed shows […]
Today’s office time-killer: playing with sand, virtually [thanks to Mike Floge for the link]
The best commentary on last night’s Oscars telecast is by Ken Levine.