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Ladies Night, No More
Posted: Thursday, January 31 2008 10:22:18
By: Gene Bromberg
Women-only poker tournaments have been a subject of some controversy the last few years. Poker is a game fought with the mind and the heart--what physical advantages men have over women (or [...]

Big Night
Posted: Monday, January 28 2008 6:05:48
By: Gene Bromberg
It's the dream of many a poker player to make the final table of a big online tournament. Winning one of the big Sunday events is a good way to build the bankroll, especially when the first prize [...]

New Record
Posted: Sunday, January 27 2008 6:58:59
By: Gene Bromberg
Tonight mark's the fourth consecutive week that UltimateBet's $200,000 Sunday Guaranteed Tournament has eclipsed 1,000 players, and tonight's field is the largest we've ever had. A grand total of [...]

Damn!
Posted: Saturday, January 26 2008 5:57:07
By: Gene Bromberg
Of course you know that back in December UltimateBet invited poker players to send in funny videos to qualify for one of 36 seats for [...]

Oh, You Mean THAT Orel Hershiser!
Posted: Tuesday, January 22 2008 4:43:49
By: Gene Bromberg
NBC has released the names of the 64 players who will compete in the 2008 National [...]

So That Explains It
Posted: Monday, January 21 2008 10:59:25
By: Gene Bromberg
The other day I wrote about a raid conducted by the San Mateo County Sheriff's Department on [...]

Clean Your Room, Stack Your Chips
Posted: Friday, January 18 2008 4:34:20
By: Gene Bromberg
When Annie Duke was asked to testify during the Judiciary Committee's hearing on Internet Gambling her mere presence destroyed many of the stereotypes online gaming's opponents have used in the [...]

Keeping The World Safe From...
Posted: Tuesday, January 15 2008 4:41:46
By: Gene Bromberg
As if we needed further evidence that lunacy reigns here in the U.S. of A., yet another story about [...]

Six Of One, Half-Dozen of the Other
Posted: Monday, January 14 2008 1:51:17
By: Gene Bromberg
Last night we broke our one-week old record for the biggest $200,000 Sunday Guaranteed Tournament. We had 1,069 runners last night, six more than a week ago. And yes, I'm VERY proud of you.
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Can We Top That?
Posted: Sunday, January 13 2008 1:34:27
By: Gene Bromberg
Last week was the biggest $200,000 Sunday Guaranteed Tournament of all-time. A grand total of 1,063 players made up [...]

Turn The Sound Way Down
Posted: Friday, January 11 2008 4:45:01
By: Gene Bromberg
You'd figure that as a poker blogger thinking about the game takes up a lot of my time. And you'd be right. Between reading about poker and writing about poker and, once in awhile, even playing the [...]

Who's Number One?
Posted: Thursday, January 10 2008 5:12:23
By: Gene Bromberg
This is probably of more interest to Phil Hellmuth or Annie Duke than you or I, but [...]

What Did You Say?
Posted: Tuesday, January 08 2008 5:52:02
By: Gene Bromberg
The biggest story in sports right now is a he-said/he-said dispute between Roger Clemens and his former personal trainer Brian McNamee. McNamee told investigators that he injected steroids and [...]

Sunday Takes On New Meaning
Posted: Sunday, January 06 2008 1:45:55
By: Gene Bromberg
With my Steelers crapping the bed yesterday and losing their playoff game (a shout-out to the police negotiators who talked me off the ledge this morning!) Sundays have once again lost their [...]

The Fight Goes On
Posted: Friday, January 04 2008 8:22:43
By: Gene Bromberg
Several times in the past I've linked to posts and columns written by Radley Balko, who blogs over at Agitator.com and also writes for [...]

Looking Forward
Posted: Wednesday, January 02 2008 4:32:25
By: Gene Bromberg
Now that we have both feet firmly planted in 2008 (New Year's Day was spent in a limbo of Advil, bottled water, and football on the TV with the sound turned down) it's time to look ahead at [...]