New Rules Adopted by the Tournament Directors Association

In my last column, I discussed rules that were revised at the recent Tournament Directors Association (TDA) meeting. In this column, I will address the new rules that were adopted. Rule No. 33 discusses ethical play, and states: "Poker is an individual game. Soft-play will result in...

Wednesday Apr 11, 2007

published about 1 year ago in
Card Player Magazine Volume 20, Number 7

Ta-Da for the TDA!

More than 120 members of the Tournament Directors Association (TDA) convened at The Venetian in Las Vegas in late February, and to the delight of board members Linda Johnson, Matt Savage, Dave Lamb, and me, it was a resounding success. Not having met for almost four years, our goal was to try to...

Wednesday Mar 14, 2007

published about 1 year ago in
Card Player Magazine Volume 20, Number 5

O-K-L-A-H-O-M-A is OK!

For several years, I've been hearing that poker is king in Oklahoma, so I was thrilled to get an invitation to attend the Oklahoma State Championship of Poker, and the world's first duplicate poker tournament at Cherokee Casino in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Other invited guests included Linda...

Wednesday Jan 03, 2007

published about 1 year ago in
Card Player Magazine Volume 19, Number 26

It's 2007 and We're Still Here … Just Do It!

Another year has come and gone and so much has happened in the microcosm of the poker world, as well as in the universe at large. What has touched so many lives in poker is but a small and relatively insignificant subset of the larger picture when you consider not only what is good for poker...

Wednesday Dec 06, 2006

published about 1 year ago in
Card Player Magazine Volume 19, Number 24

Finding Sunshine and the Sea in the Fall

It is hard to believe that the 2006 poker-cruising season is nearly over. With only one Card Player Cruises poker trip left this calendar year, in December, I have to keep pinching myself to see if it's all truly real. Our December event is to Mexico, and will be our largest non-charter...

Tuesday Nov 14, 2006

published about 1 year ago in
Card Player Magazine Volume 19, Number 22

Still on the Road, the Boardwalk, and the Beach

They say that no moss grows on a rolling stone, and that surely is true for me. I am at home writing this column during one of my few Las Vegas (my home) stops during a hectic series of road trips. The funny thing is, as I put pen to the paper even now, I am heading to Seattle for a few days to...

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