Who’s Johnny Chan? He’s a professional poker player, born in Guangzhou (Canton), China in 1957 and now living in Las Vegas, Nevada. His name in Traditional Chinese is 陳強尼. Yeah, I’m international like that. He’s got 10 World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelets, two WSOP championship titles (1987 and 1988) and founder of online casino [...]
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University Refuses to Offer Casino Gaming Classes
If you wanted to take casino gaming training at the University at Buffalo, you’re out of luck. Just one day after the University and Gatlin Educational Services came to an agreement to host casino classes and training by the Johnny Chan Academy, the U. of B. has backed out. They have decided that the classes [...]
How Rituals Can Improve Your Poker Playing
From Cards Speak: “Ritual is the way you carry the presence of the sacred. Ritual is the spark that must not go out.” – Christina Baldwin On the recommendation of the poker player I most respect, I picked up Zen in the Art of Archery, by Eugen Herrigel, a first-hand account of a Westerner’s experience [...]
Steve Wynn – Casino Mogul
The father of new Las Vegas, billionaire Steve Wynn. Want to know who’s responsible for the more resort feel of Vegas nowadays? Take a look at Steve. Steve Wynn, who’s real name is Stephen Alan Weinberg, is a Las Vegas casino mogul and developer that has been one of the driving forces in the development [...]
The Mirage Hotel in Las Vegas Review
From Las Vegas Vegas: Out front stands an active volcano that erupts at the top of every hour in a traffic stopping fiery display of might and magic. Out back dolphins swim in a peaceful ocean lagoon. It can only be one place on Earth, the Mirage Resort in Las Vegas. The spectacular first jewel [...]
Omni Casino 10th Anniversary Celebration Giveaways
Guess who’s turning 10 years old this month? Omni Casino. They’re one of the first online casinos, all the way back in November of 1997. Damn that’s a long time ago, was the internet even invented then? (just joking guys, no nerds trying to correct me please) I was a young lad at that point, [...]
NBA Cracks Down on Gambling Referees
The NBA seems to have referees that like gambling. But the NBA commish isn’t going to punish them for it. He’s going to change the rules. National Basketball Association commissioner David Stern has discovered that a large percentage of professional basketball referees have violated their no-gambling rule. The NBA had an absolute ban on gambling [...]
University of Massachusetts Bans College Poker Website
“THE SOURCE for poker at UMass and in the valley” is no longer the source. The University of Massachusetts sent a takedown notice to the owners of the web domain UMassPoker.com due to “inappropriate use” of the University of Massachusetts Minutemen name and logo. Apparently the college doesn’t like gambling being associated with them, go [...]
How to Think About the Pot Size in Poker
From Playing No-Limit Poker: The poker how-to blog suggests looking at the flop and asking yourself “how big do I want this pot”. That’s part of what you need to think of. But more than how big you want to pot to end up you need to ask yourself the pot size trajectory you want [...]
