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My dream poker table
This week, NBC’s late-night series Poker After Dark (yes, I am often up and about at 2 a.m., and yes, occasionally I’m watching poker on TV) is rerunning one of its “Dream Table” episodes. The basic...
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Nine
They’re down to the final table at the World Series of Poker’s Main Event tournament, and a couple of familiar faces are still in the mix. My poker hero, Phil Ivey — a.k.a. The Tiger Woods of Poker —...
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World Series Wonderboy
Congratulations to 21-year-old Joe Cada, who earlier this week became the youngest player ever to win the World Series of Poker Main Event. Cada outdueled Darvin Moon, a logger from Maryland, to take...
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TCONA 3: Most of my pursuits are trivial
I just flew in from Las Vegas, and boy, is my brain tired. Actually, the Pirate Queen and I flew back from Bright Light City two days ago, and I’m mostly not tired any more. I’d headed to Vegas last...
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Comic Art Friday: Let’s make some REAL news
I’m just back from my annual junket to the Trivia Championships of North America (TCONA) in Las Vegas, and man, is my brain fried. I’ve attended every TCONA since the first one in 2011, and it seems as...
View ArticleSwanShadow Gives Thanks, Volume 19: Viva Las Vegas Edition
By any measure, 2022 has been a year of change and transition at Casa de Swan. Including a wholesale relocation of Casa de Swan. Plus… well… other things. At the beginning of the year, the Pirate...
View ArticleSwanShadow Gives Thanks, Volume 20: Double Decades Edition
Be honest now, who thought I’d still be doing this 20 years later? Seriously, who even thought I’d still be doing anything 20 years later? Never bet against your Uncle Swan, o ye of little feathers....
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