Poker players are a superstitious lot.   Every player, from the fishiest fish to the proiest pro has their own ritual. Whether you take measures to ensure no black cats cross your path or fast the night before, it can’t be as weird as these guys!   Sammy Farha Sammy Farha should be well known to […]

Eleanore Dumont, along with our old friends Poker Alice and Lottie Deno, was one of the most famous female card players of her time. Also known as Eleonore Alphonsine Dumont, she lived much of her life under the pseudonym Madame Mustache. This nickname was due to the appearance of a line of dark hair on […]

Does the idea of mandatory Blitzball games fill you with delight? Do you say to yourself “Gee, it’s been a while since I went for a dive and really tested my mettle against those Luca Goers.” Or do you find yourself letting in fifteen goals in a short a space of time as possible to […]

No matter where you play – online, live, in an established online poker room or in your best friend’s garage – if you sit at a full table, there are certain types of players you always seem to face off against at some point during a session. You might even know everyone at the table […]

Join me as I take a look through the 5 most memorable poker games from the silver and small screen. The Simpsons If there’s one family that requires no introduction all across the globe, it’s our yellow-skinned, four-fingered friends from Springfield. The Simpsons has been airing for a whopping 614 episodes now, from it’s humble […]

What is a poker player made of? The traits that define a skilled poker player are manifold, whether you’re the type of player that does “many folds” or not! Some folks like to sit silently at the table’s edge, a sun-visor covering their eyes like a tennis player lost on the way to the Wimbledon […]

Poker can be a cruel and unusual mistress. When everything conspires to manifest the almost-impossible at the tables, the situation can get a bit bananas. Whether it’s how a hand went down, a cooler straight from hell, a player’s reaction or something just downright bizarre occurring at the felt, there’s plenty of crazy golden moments […]

Johnny Moss was born on May 14th 1907 in a small town called Marshall, Texas. Johnny’s mother passed away suddenly from complications relating to appendicitis when he was only eight years old and his father was seriously injured in a work-related accident just a few short months after. Following these tragic events, Johnny began selling […]

Ricki Lake   Yep, that Ricki Lake – and she’s good too. She’s a famed chat show host, celebrity tv show judge, actress and producer but that’s not really what we care about. Lake came 6th in the Women’s Event at the PCA in 2011 – and that’s where the true glory lies. I wonder how a […]

The Dunes Hotel was the tenth resort opened on the Las Vegas Strip. The Bellagio now stands on the former grounds and the famous Dunes golf course is split between several casinos. The Dunes opened on May 23, 1955 and was designed by architect Maxwell Starkman. Although the resort was popular, initially they struggled to […]

Lottie Deno The period referred to as Frontier America begins with the English colonial settlement of mainland USA in the early 1800s and ends with the admission of the last mainland territories as states in 1912. The violence, grit, dust and sense of romantic adventure during this time period is often greatly exaggerated by films […]

Alice Tubbs Alice Tubbs, better known as Poker Alice, was born in England in 1851 but moved to Virginia when was 12 years old. Alice was reared and received the majority of her education in the United States. Alice married her first husband, Frank Duffield, whom she met in Colorado. Frank was the first person […]