May 2012
Will Failla Not Your Average Rounder
When we talk about breakout stars in the poker world over the past two or three years the narrative is almost always the same. He’s in his early twenties, started playing the game in college with friends, eventually found online poker, made crazy money while slowly drifting away from his studies and earned fame and [...]
Will Failla: Thrill Seeker
Poker has a new personality in Will Failla and he’s a not at all like the other guys… At the beginning of the poker boom, we met some incredibly colorful characters that helped drive the popularity of the game. That first wave of personalities included Sam Farha, Phil Hellmuth, Daniel Negreanu, Scotty Nguyen, and Antonio [...]
It's Jake!
IF NOT FOR HIS DAY JOB, JAKE JOHNSON WOULD PLAY MORE POKER Jake Johnson fielded an unexpected question in his first talk-show appearance on “The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson.” Ferguson, who goes into each interview without rehearsed questions and turns the segments into casual conversations, asks the co-star of the hit Fox show [...]
The Sunshine State Still Booming
Two Years After Allowing Real No-Limit Action in Florida, There’s No Shortage of Places to Play It’s been two years since lawmakers in Florida took the poker scene in their state from national laughing stock to East Coast haven with the stroke of a pen. Changing the law and removing the ridiculously low maximum buy-in [...]
The Super Bowl
WHEN YOU BET, THERE IS ALWAYS THE CHANCE YOU CAN LOSE “I know a joke,” the Degen Market owner said. “It goes something like this. A horse never went broke betting on a human.” Dead silence. “So where’s the punch line?” I asked. “That’s it,” he said, keeping a close eye on a European soccer [...]
Poker Rehab
IN NEW YORK, POKER CAN BE COMPLICATED There is a phrase that people use when someone has disappeared from the poker scene for a while. They say he is in “Poker Rehab.” You’ll notice a familiar face has vanished from your regular game. “What happened to so and so?” you’ll inquire. “Oh he’s in Poker [...]
Even a Degen can be Happy
Make your plans, but don’t sacrifice your joy to them I always thought that when I finally had enough money that I would drift over to the business world. You know the dream, take the money won in gambling and put it to some good use in the real world. Well, maybe you don’t know [...]
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